Sobre la vida y la muerte en las haciendas de los Andes del Ecuador. Toacazo, 1743-1857

Abstract

Life and Death in the haciendas of the Ecuadorian Andes. Toacazo, 1743-1857 Abstract: The implementation of the hacienda system involved the introduction of the administration of populations imposed on the indigenous society by means of Leyes de Indias. In the Nord-Andean area, the Indian concertaje, joined to the abundance of jobs in peasant tenures and in the obrajes (textile workshops), were to be pull factors to verify a long-term population growth. This study focuses on the profiles and on the incidence of mortality as a factor of growth control in an hacienda parish at the end of Colonial Era. Keywords: Mortality, Indigenous Population, Colonial Latin America Hacienda System, Ecuadorian Andes