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Page 698
... Colonial adminis- tration. church's excessive number of convents and growing wealth . The principal sources of this wealth were legacies and other gifts from rich donors ; invested in land and mortgages , it brought in more wealth . The ...
... Colonial adminis- tration. church's excessive number of convents and growing wealth . The principal sources of this wealth were legacies and other gifts from rich donors ; invested in land and mortgages , it brought in more wealth . The ...
Page 701
... colonial government , contenting them- selves with efforts to improve the quality of administra- tion by more careful selection of officeholders . One major reorganization was the separation of the northern Ande- an region ( present ...
... colonial government , contenting them- selves with efforts to improve the quality of administra- tion by more careful selection of officeholders . One major reorganization was the separation of the northern Ande- an region ( present ...
Page 706
... Colonial Mexico : The Great Hacienda , 1963 ) , a landmark in the study of colonial land systems , traces the interplay of demographic and economic trends in the development of the hacienda . JAMES LOCKHART deftly analyzes the structure ...
... Colonial Mexico : The Great Hacienda , 1963 ) , a landmark in the study of colonial land systems , traces the interplay of demographic and economic trends in the development of the hacienda . JAMES LOCKHART deftly analyzes the structure ...
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