RELIGACIÓN

Yazarlar: Jairo Eduardo Jiménez Sotero

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Military defense,Imperial difference,Colonial difference,Black population

Özet: The defence of New Spain’s territory during the second half of the XVIII century was a continuing problem for the metropolitan political hierarchies. This concern was strongly justified if we take into account that the land of the New Spain was the most important imperial colony of Spain, because the survival of many regions of the empire (mainly the Great Caribbean) depended of the metals that were being exported form the New Spain to a large degree. In this article, more than explain a historical development of the military institution known as milicias in New Spain, we want to plan some ideas that will allow us to understand the relationship between this military units and the society of the colonial Mexico in the context of the decolonial inflection. For this we will analyze what was a role of a specific social group whitin the defense system in the Gulf coast of Mexico: the black population.

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