The Encomienda in New Spain: The Beginning of Spanish Mexico

by Lesley Byrd Simpson

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1950.

Genres: History

279 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1929

Reviews

[Jan Notzon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a reasonable interesting account of the Encomienda system during the Spanish colonization of Latin America. Now I'm ready to learn more about the history of that colonization and of Mexico and its part of the history of Texas. Any suggestions would be most welcome.