{"product_id":"basques-and-vicuas-at-the-kris-lane-9781647791384","title":"Basques and Vicu?as at the Mouth of Hell: A Documentary History of Potos? in the Early 1620s","description":"In June 1622, the silver mining metropolis of Potos?, Bolivia, erupted in gangland violence, only halted three years later by a viceroy's blanket amnesty. Basque immigrants were at the center of the controversy, squaring off against nearly a dozen other nations known collectively as Vicu?as. At stake were the world's richest silver mines, a means to wealth and power in the Americas, Europe, and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As mines flooded and Indigenous workers died or fled, the city descended into a maelstrom of swordfights, gun battles, ambushes, sniper attacks, and summary executions. Though its roots were economic, the Basque-Vicu?a conflict strained the sinews of Habsburg global governance even as it exposed festering local tensions, only some of which were unique to Potos?. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This rich collection of original sources, all of them archival documents housed in Bolivia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, consists of contemporary eyewitness accounts from several perspectives, allowing readers to play historian. All sources have been expertly translated and carefully annotated in a manner that will engage students and scholars alike. \u003ci\u003eBasques and Vicu?as at the Mouth of Hell \u003c\/i\u003eincludes an extensive introduction, seven vital documents in translation, and appendices on everyday life in 1620s Potos? and on the historiography of this watershed episode of colonial violence. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kris Lane\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647791383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647791384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.40w x 1.12d","brand":"Kris Lane","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46334655561983,"sku":"9781647791384","price":89.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7138477-ecaf-4c61-80a1-3af2229f117c.jpg?v=1731467421","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/basques-and-vicuas-at-the-kris-lane-9781647791384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}