Desencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII

When the Castilians settled in Manila in 1571 there were no more than forty Chinese residents. By the end of the century they were around four thousand through the Philippines and in the first decades of the seventeenth century they exceeded twenty thousand, largely outnumbering the few more of a th...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e8d36344c780410eaf5e142c55e93df82021-12-02T10:30:48ZDesencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.73131https://doaj.org/article/e8d36344c780410eaf5e142c55e93df82018-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/73131https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252When the Castilians settled in Manila in 1571 there were no more than forty Chinese residents. By the end of the century they were around four thousand through the Philippines and in the first decades of the seventeenth century they exceeded twenty thousand, largely outnumbering the few more of a thousand Castilians. Very soon their presence revealed essential for the colony as they provided the basic products, controlled the internal commerce, supplied goods to the Galleon of Manila, and covered practically all the mechanical trades. In return, in Manila they obtained silver that they sent to China and probably also better living conditions. The relations between both groups were structured on a basis of mutual dependence, periodically altered by episodes of disagreement and confrontation that led to several uprisings of the Chinese, harshly repressed and often generating their expulsion from the islands. The objective of this article is to analyze the relations between Chinese and Castilians in Manila during the second half of the 17th century. Specifically, through the events of 1662 resulting from the threat of Zheng Chenggong to the city, by studying the role played by the different actors that were involved in this episode and the main consequences.Anna Busquets AlemanyCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleManilasangleysDominicansChinese uprisingsZheng ChenggongAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2018)
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language EN
FR
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topic Manila
sangleys
Dominicans
Chinese uprisings
Zheng Chenggong
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle Manila
sangleys
Dominicans
Chinese uprisings
Zheng Chenggong
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Anna Busquets Alemany
Desencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII
description When the Castilians settled in Manila in 1571 there were no more than forty Chinese residents. By the end of the century they were around four thousand through the Philippines and in the first decades of the seventeenth century they exceeded twenty thousand, largely outnumbering the few more of a thousand Castilians. Very soon their presence revealed essential for the colony as they provided the basic products, controlled the internal commerce, supplied goods to the Galleon of Manila, and covered practically all the mechanical trades. In return, in Manila they obtained silver that they sent to China and probably also better living conditions. The relations between both groups were structured on a basis of mutual dependence, periodically altered by episodes of disagreement and confrontation that led to several uprisings of the Chinese, harshly repressed and often generating their expulsion from the islands. The objective of this article is to analyze the relations between Chinese and Castilians in Manila during the second half of the 17th century. Specifically, through the events of 1662 resulting from the threat of Zheng Chenggong to the city, by studying the role played by the different actors that were involved in this episode and the main consequences.
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title Desencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII
title_short Desencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII
title_full Desencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII
title_fullStr Desencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII
title_full_unstemmed Desencuentro cultural y confrontación armada en la Manila del siglo XVII
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publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
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