This is a study of the interactions between Indians and Spaniards in the Chocó throughout much of the colonial period, revealing the complexity of inter-ethnic relations in frontier regions. The book considers the changing relationships not only between Spaniards and Indians but also between factions of both groups, showing how Spaniards and Indians sometimes allied with each other against other ethnically mixed groups with different agendas.
Keywords: Indians, Spaniards, colonial period, inter-ethnic relations, frontier regions, Chocó
Print publication date: 2004 | Print ISBN-13: 9780853237297 |
Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: June 2013 | DOI:10.5949/UPO9781846312670 |