ISBN10: 0874134110, ISBN13: 9780874134117, [publisher: Univ of Delaware Pr] Hardcover University of Delaware Press 1993-06-01 00:00:00 Binding: Hardcover dj in mylar 290 pages Illustrator: BW Illus PublishPlace: Wilmington, DE ISBN: 0874134110 Size: 8 vo
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ISBN10: 0874134110, ISBN13: 9780874134117, [publisher: UNKNO] Hardcover This collection consists of the eleven papers presented at a University of Maryland Symposium in March 1986. The central purpose of this volume and the conference it records is to exemplify the benefits of cross-cultural and cross-scholarly perspectives on settlements and urbanism, and so to encourage more such efforts.The theme of settlement and cultural expression pervades the presentations. The most striking contrast offered within the group of essays is between the English and Spanish examples: five of the papers deal with Spanish colonial cities and towns and five with settlements originating in England; one illustrates the French colonization of Canada.The various forms of settlement developed in the implementation of the Spanish Conquest are outlined in George Kubler's essay. Sidney Markman illustrates the large scope of second-tier settlements for the indigenous populations in Central America. The broad cultural religious meanings brought by the Spanish and grafted onto local traditions in Lima are shown by Humberto Rodriquez-Camilloni as exemplifying a new culture whose urban development was a centerpiece.The Roman-based Spanish urban models that were brought to the New World are described by Dora Crouch. Graziano Gasparini shows that many Spanish colonial city plans were more closely related to settlements in place when the Spanish arrived than may have been previously thought.T ...

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