Colonial Carpenters: Construction, Race, and Agency in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th Centuries
This article examines colonial documents to shed light on the presence of non-white carpenters in the carpentry trade during the first two centuries of Spanish colonial rule in Peru. It first offers a general definition of carpentry work during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and then explor...
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| description | This article examines colonial documents to shed light on the presence of non-white carpenters in the carpentry trade during the first two centuries of Spanish colonial rule in Peru. It first offers a general definition of carpentry work during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and then explores the specific environments in which Indigenous, black, and mixed-race carpenters carried out their activities. Through this analysis, it becomes evident that the agency of non-white individuals and groups in the carpentry trade was shaped by the diverse labor systems that predominated in colonial society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ceeb05aa98040fb92b4351fe1c909942023-11-19T15:35:09ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522023-10-0112521810.3390/arts12050218Colonial Carpenters: Construction, Race, and Agency in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th CenturiesFrancisco Mamani Fuentes0Center for Historical Studies, Bernardo O’Higgins University, General Gana 1702, Santiago 8370846, ChileThis article examines colonial documents to shed light on the presence of non-white carpenters in the carpentry trade during the first two centuries of Spanish colonial rule in Peru. It first offers a general definition of carpentry work during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and then explores the specific environments in which Indigenous, black, and mixed-race carpenters carried out their activities. Through this analysis, it becomes evident that the agency of non-white individuals and groups in the carpentry trade was shaped by the diverse labor systems that predominated in colonial society.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/5/218carpentersraceagencyconstructionViceroyalty of Peru |
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| title | Colonial Carpenters: Construction, Race, and Agency in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th Centuries |
| title_full | Colonial Carpenters: Construction, Race, and Agency in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th Centuries |
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| title_short | Colonial Carpenters: Construction, Race, and Agency in the Viceroyalty of Peru during the 16th and 17th Centuries |
| title_sort | colonial carpenters construction race and agency in the viceroyalty of peru during the 16th and 17th centuries |
| topic | carpenters race agency construction Viceroyalty of Peru |
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