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Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru
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Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru Paperback - 1999

by Burns, Kathryn

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Duke University Press Books, 1999-03-29. Paperback. Like New. 9x5x1. Softcover. Light wear. Fine binding and cover. Faint spotting to top edge. Clean, unmarked pages.
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  • Title Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru
  • Author Burns, Kathryn
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Duke University Press Books, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-03-29
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Glossary, Illustrated, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1712050075
  • ISBN 9780822322917 / 0822322919
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.17 x 5.77 x 0.97 in (23.29 x 14.66 x 2.46 cm)
  • Reading level 1560
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - Peru - Cuzco - Social conditions, Cuzco (Peru) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-8009
  • Dewey Decimal Code 985.37

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From the publisher

In Colonial Habits Kathryn Burns transforms our view of nuns as marginal recluses, making them central actors on the colonial stage. Beginning with the 1558 founding of South America's first convent, Burns shows that nuns in Cuzco played a vital part in subjugating Incas, creating a creole elite, and reproducing an Andean colonial order in which economic and spiritual interests were inextricably fused.
Based on unprecedented archival research, Colonial Habits demonstrates how nuns became leading guarantors of their city's social order by making loans, managing property, containing "unruly" women, and raising girls. Coining the phrase "spiritual economy" to analyze the intricate investments and relationships that enabled Cuzco's convents and their backers to thrive, Burns explains how, by the late 1700s, this economy had faltered badly, making convents an emblem of decay and a focal point for intense criticism of a failing colonial regime. By the nineteenth century, the nuns had retreated from their previous roles, marginalized in the construction of a new republican order.
Providing insight that can be extended well outside the Andes to the relationships articulated by convents across much of Europe, the Americas, and beyond, Colonial Habits will engage those interested in early modern economics, Latin American studies, women in religion, and the history of gender, class, and race.

First line

When the city council of Cuzco met on April 17, 1551, its members, all battle-hardened Spanish veterans, were enjoying a respite from seemingly endless rounds of war.

From the rear cover

Burns's important and highly readable work takes a fresh look at the key economic, social, and cultural relationships that created and sustained a densely woven urban-centered colonial society in the Andes. Among its new findings: at the heart of the economy of colonial Cuzco, a credit institution run by women favored the conquered indigenous elite with long-term finance at concessionary interest rates."--John Coatsworth, Harvard University

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About the author

Kathryn Burns is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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