{"product_id":"anchoring-an-empire-gender-and-ethnicity-in-colonial-panama-hardback-9781009595353","title":"Anchoring an Empire; Gender and Ethnicity in Colonial Panama (Hardback) 9781009595353","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAnchoring an Empire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGender and Ethnicity in Colonial Panama\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA bottom-up exploration of how gender and ethnicity shaped lived experience across the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century isthmus of Panama.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBethany Aram (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009595353, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Aram masterfully documents the experiences, agency and power of the women who sustained colonial Panama, with particular attention to actors of Indigenous and African origin. A vital contribution to Panama's history, Anchoring an Empire also provides a new benchmark for scholarship on multiethnic, geostrategically critical spaces throughout the early modern Iberian world.' David  Wheat, Michigan State University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAnchoring an Empire is a bottom-up exploration of how gender and ethnicity shaped the lived experience of Spanish subjects across the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century isthmus of Panama. Focusing on understudied historical actors, Bethany Aram sheds light on how indigenous Americans, Afro-descendants, and Europeans contributed to critical debates on race and gender. From the Caribbean port cities of Nombre de Díos and Portobello, to Panama Viejo on the Pacific coast, free, enslaved, and in-between women and men managed to become arbiters of Spanish and competing interests. Those who lived and died in these cities sustained them as hubs of interaction, communication, and commerce. Whether victims, beneficiaries – or both – of the slave trade, these individuals found ways to meet and to exploit the region's episodic demand for housing, provisions, and other services. Their expertise grounded global transport and trade, with a lasting impact on processes of mobility and globalization.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 'The secrets of the land.' knowledge, nutrition and survival\u003cbr\u003e 2. Elusive returns. native Americans and Africans between slavery and freedom\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hospitality on the trans-isthmian trek. the comforts of home\u003cbr\u003e 4. Marriage and mobility\u003cbr\u003e 5. Space and status. the purpose of precedence\u003cbr\u003e 6. Immaculate conceptions\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Select Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415666159896,"sku":"9781009595353","price":73.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009595353i.jpg?v=1784421240","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/anchoring-an-empire-gender-and-ethnicity-in-colonial-panama-hardback-9781009595353","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}