Juan José Ponce Vázquez
Biographic Data
| ID | 708185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juan José Ponce Vázquez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juan José Ponce |
| FAMILY NAME | Vázquez |
| SIGNATURE | VÁZQUEZ J J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9241-3184 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
At the Heart of the Borderlands
This collection of essays is born out of the concern of its editors that despite the great number of works published in recent years about people of African descent in colonial Latin America, these stories do not seem to permeate the general narratives of the period. When they do, it is in the form of aggregate numbers or discussions of economic production rather than as part of an attempt to reconstruct individuals’ day-to-day lives. This volume…
Smugglers, pirates, diplomacy, and the Spanish Caribbean in the late seventeenth century
In November 1682 the Dutch pirate Nicholas Van Hoorn entered the port of Santo Domingo. He left behind a path of robberies in Spain and attacks on ships of every nationality in West Africa for which English and Dutch authorities sought to prosecute him. The events that transpired during Van Hoorn's visit to Hispaniola reveal that European diplomatic alliances meant little in places where local groups had co-opted the Spanish bureaucracy under the…
Mastering the Law
Ricardo Raúl Salazar Rey, Mastering the Law: Slavery and Freedom in the Legal Ecology of the Spanish Empire. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2020. xvii + 192 pp. (Cloth US$ 49.95)In line with the fruitful historiographical trend that explores the agency of enslaved Afro-descendants in the Spanish empire, Ricardo Raúl Salazar Rey analyzes their complex relationship with legal institutions, in this case in Cartagena and its environs under …
Islanders and Empire
Islanders and Empire examines the role smuggling played in the cultural, economic, and socio-political transformation of Hispaniola from the late sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. With a rare focus on local peoples and communities, the book analyzes how residents of Hispaniola actively negotiated and transformed the meaning and reach of imperial bureaucracies and institutions for their own benefit. By co-opting the governing and judicial powers…
Unequal partners in crime
In the early seventeenth century, important socioeconomic changes in the Spanish colony of Hispaniola brought about substantial shifts in race relations between white residents and peoples of African descent, who were enslaved and free. As the plantation system declined precipitously, white members of the Spanish elite started envisioning new roles for enslaved laborers, which included enrolling these enslaved peoples in their own intrigues again…
The Dominican Republic Reader
Due to the limited availability of textbooks and primary sources in English, teaching an undergraduate class on the history of the Dominican Republic in the United States has always presented a for
Unequal partners in crime
In the early seventeenth century, important socioeconomic changes in the Spanish colony of Hispaniola brought about substantial shifts in race relations between white residents and peoples of African descent, who were enslaved and free. As the plantation system declined precipitously, white members of the Spanish elite started envisioning new roles for enslaved laborers, which included enrolling these enslaved peoples in their own intrigues again…
Unequal partners in crime
In the early seventeenth century, important socioeconomic changes in the Spanish colony of Hispaniola brought about substantial shifts in race relations between white residents and peoples of African descent, who were enslaved and free. As the plantation system declined precipitously, white members of the Spanish elite started envisioning new roles for enslaved laborers, which included enrolling these enslaved peoples in their own intrigues again…
The Dominican Republic Reader
Due to the limited availability of textbooks and primary sources in English, teaching an undergraduate class on the history of the Dominican Republic in the United States has always presented a for
Islanders and Empire
Islanders and Empire examines the role smuggling played in the cultural, economic, and socio-political transformation of Hispaniola from the late sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. With a rare focus on local peoples and communities, the book analyzes how residents of Hispaniola actively negotiated and transformed the meaning and reach of imperial bureaucracies and institutions for their own benefit. By co-opting the governing and judicial powers…
Mastering the Law
Ricardo Raúl Salazar Rey, Mastering the Law: Slavery and Freedom in the Legal Ecology of the Spanish Empire. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2020. xvii + 192 pp. (Cloth US$ 49.95)In line with the fruitful historiographical trend that explores the agency of enslaved Afro-descendants in the Spanish empire, Ricardo Raúl Salazar Rey analyzes their complex relationship with legal institutions, in this case in Cartagena and its environs under …
Smugglers, pirates, diplomacy, and the Spanish Caribbean in the late seventeenth century
In November 1682 the Dutch pirate Nicholas Van Hoorn entered the port of Santo Domingo. He left behind a path of robberies in Spain and attacks on ships of every nationality in West Africa for which English and Dutch authorities sought to prosecute him. The events that transpired during Van Hoorn's visit to Hispaniola reveal that European diplomatic alliances meant little in places where local groups had co-opted the Spanish bureaucracy under the…
At the Heart of the Borderlands
This collection of essays is born out of the concern of its editors that despite the great number of works published in recent years about people of African descent in colonial Latin America, these stories do not seem to permeate the general narratives of the period. When they do, it is in the form of aggregate numbers or discussions of economic production rather than as part of an attempt to reconstruct individuals’ day-to-day lives. This volume…
Cuban History and Society (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · History (3 works)