{"product_id":"colonial-habits-convents-and-the-spiritual-economy-of-cuzco-peru-9780822322917","title":"Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru","description":"In \u003ci\u003eColonial Habits\u003c\/i\u003e Kathryn Burns transforms our view of nuns as marginal recluses, making them central actors on the colonial stage. Beginning with the 1558 founding of South America's first convent, Burns shows that nuns in Cuzco played a vital part in subjugating Incas, creating a creole elite, and reproducing an Andean colonial order in which economic and spiritual interests were inextricably fused.\u003cbr\u003eBased on unprecedented archival research, \u003ci\u003eColonial Habits\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how nuns became leading guarantors of their city's social order by making loans, managing property, containing \"unruly\" women, and raising girls. Coining the phrase \"spiritual economy\" to analyze the intricate investments and relationships that enabled Cuzco's convents and their backers to thrive, Burns explains how, by the late 1700s, this economy had faltered badly, making convents an emblem of decay and a focal point for intense criticism of a failing colonial regime. By the nineteenth century, the nuns had retreated from their previous roles, marginalized in the construction of a new republican order.\u003cbr\u003eProviding insight that can be extended well outside the Andes to the relationships articulated by convents across much of Europe, the Americas, and beyond, \u003ci\u003eColonial Habits\u003c\/i\u003e will engage those interested in early modern economics, Latin American studies, women in religion, and the history of gender, class, and race.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 5.77w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822322917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Burns is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40414663999603,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_db0ceefe-6743-43b4-b150-107f6db20b4a.jpg?v=1662213715","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/colonial-habits-convents-and-the-spiritual-economy-of-cuzco-peru-9780822322917","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}