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Contents
Illustrations
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Guerrero ca. 7000 BCE to 1521 CE: Regions, Peoples, Resources, and Exchange
Chapter 2. Art, Culture, Ideas, Beliefs, Languages, and Population
Chapter 3. Politics and Power
Chapter 4. The Coming of the Spandiards: Invasion, Colonization, and Evangelization
Chapter 5. Power, Adaptation, Resistance, and New Institutions: The Response of the Indigenous Communities of Guerrero, 1521-ca. 1600

Chapter 6. Encomiendas, Encomenderos, and Guerrero's Indigenous Communities
Chapter 7. Land, Agriculture, Livestock, and Commerce: Guerrero's Emerging Economy
Chapter 8. From Gold to Silver: The Mining Economy of Sixteenth-Century Guerrero
Chapter 9. The Lure of Asia
Concluding Observations
Appendix 1. Weights, Measures, and Money
Appendix 2. Rulers of New Spain, 1524-1603
Appendix 3. Some Individuals Engaged in the Peruvian and Manila Trade with Acapulco, 1583-1601
Appendix 4. Glossary of Place Names
Appendix 5. Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index