Columbus's outpost among the Tainos : Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493-1498 /

Deagan, Kathleen A.

Columbus's outpost among the Tainos : Spain and America at La Isabela, 1493-1498 / Kathleen Deagan and José María Cruxent. - New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, c2002. - x, 294 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-282) and index.

Machine generated contents note: Columbus and La Isabela i -- 2 The Historical Setting 7 -- 3 Reluctant Hosts: -- The Tainos of Hispaniola 23 -- 4 "Hell in Hispaniola": -- La Isabela, I493-1498 47 -- 5 The Hand of Vandals and the -- Tooth of Time: La Isabela, -- I500-1987 7I -- 6 The Medieval Enclave: -- Landscape, Town, and Buildings 95 -- 7 A Spartan Domesticity: -- Household Life in La Isabela's -- Bohios 13I -- 8 God and Glory i63 -- 9 Commerce and Craft I79 -- I0 Aftermath 2zo -- Ii Destinies Converged 213 -- Appendix 229 -- Note on Historical Sources 233 -- Notes 237 -- References 259 -- Acknowledgments 283 -- Index 287.

0300090404 (acid-free paper)

2001046771


Columbus, Christopher--Homes and haunts--Dominican Republic--La Isabela.


Indians--First contact with Europeans.


La Isabela (Dominican Republic)--Colonization.

118 F 1939 / D278c 2002

972.93/58