{"product_id":"colonial-habits-convents-and-the-spiritual-economy-of-cuzco-peru-paperback-1","title":"Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn Burns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eColonial Habits\u003c\/i\u003e Kathryn Burns transforms our view of nuns as marginal recluses, making them central actors on the colonial stage. Beginning with the 1558 founding of South America's first convent, Burns shows that nuns in Cuzco played a vital part in subjugating Incas, creating a creole elite, and reproducing an Andean colonial order in which economic and spiritual interests were inextricably fused. \u003cbr\u003e\tBased on unprecedented archival research, \u003ci\u003eColonial Habits \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how nuns became leading guarantors of their city's social order by making loans, managing property, containing \"unruly\" women, and raising girls. Coining the phrase \"spiritual economy\" to analyze the intricate investments and relationships that enabled Cuzco's convents and their backers to thrive, Burns explains how, by the late 1700s, this economy had faltered badly, making convents an emblem of decay and a focal point for intense criticism of a failing colonial regime. By the nineteenth century, the nuns had retreated from their previous roles, marginalized in the construction of a new republican order.\u003cbr\u003e\tProviding insight that can be extended well outside the Andes to the relationships articulated by convents across much of Europe, the Americas, and beyond, \u003ci\u003eColonial Habits\u003c\/i\u003e will engage those interested in early modern economics, Latin American studies, women in religion, and the history of gender, class, and race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurns's important and highly readable work takes a fresh look at the key economic, social, and cultural relationships that created and sustained a densely woven urban-centered colonial society in the Andes. Among its new findings: at the heart of the economy of colonial Cuzco, a credit institution run by women favored the conquered indigenous elite with long-term finance at concessionary interest rates.\"--John Coatsworth, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Burns is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 9.17 x 5.77 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42597521883232,"sku":"9780822322917","price":74.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/ZE9XenRkOG5qbXdzc2p1bW1XaURyUT09.webp?v=1771779332","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/colonial-habits-convents-and-the-spiritual-economy-of-cuzco-peru-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}