Estrategia colonizadora en el Nuevo Santander, siglo XVIII
For two and a half centuries. the period of Spanish occupation of New Spain known as Seno Mexicano saw the use of several forms of persuasion and coercion by the royal government to encourage the Spaniards’ advance along the northern border of New Spain. In 1748, in order to found the Colony of Nuev...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Historia Novohispana |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3610 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/3610 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Colony of Nuevo Santander colonization of New Spain José de Escandón settlement eighteenth century New Spain Seno Mexicano Colonia del Nuevo Santander colonización novohispana poblamiento siglo XVIII novohispano |
| Sumario: | For two and a half centuries. the period of Spanish occupation of New Spain known as Seno Mexicano saw the use of several forms of persuasion and coercion by the royal government to encourage the Spaniards’ advance along the northern border of New Spain. In 1748, in order to found the Colony of Nuevo Santander (now the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico), vice regal officials employed a series of strategies to involve hundreds of families-living mainly in the Nuevo Reino de León y Coahuila, which they required to establish the first fourteen Spanish settlements-in the risky task of colonization. Ensuring the permanence of the new settlers, so essential to guaranteeing the continuity of the new province, was also the object of various strategies undertaken by the first governor, Col. José de Escandón, and his closest collaborators who were responsible for governing the towns. This article contrasts the patrimonial and clientelist power wielded by Escandón for the benefit of the Escandón ruling group with the precarious situation of the rest of civil and military population living under his iron rule. |
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