Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720

Thisarticle discusses the disintegrating factors generated by Spanish colonial rule in the Marianas in the early eighteenth century—corruption by colonial officials, ineffective defense against other European powers, precipitous decline in the native population—in a context in which the archipelago’...

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Main Author: Coello, Alexandre; Universitat
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2013
Online Access:https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol61/iss2/4
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-40012024-08-07T03:42:03Z Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720 Coello, Alexandre; Universitat Thisarticle discusses the disintegrating factors generated by Spanish colonial rule in the Marianas in the early eighteenth century—corruption by colonial officials, ineffective defense against other European powers, precipitous decline in the native population—in a context in which the archipelago’s future as a Spanish outpost was debated in religious and political circles in Manila and Madrid. Thearticle focuses on the governorship of Juan Antonio Pimentel, whose immorality as well as oppression of the Chamorros were denounced by the Jesuits. The punishment for Pimentel’s corruption and greed was meant to reassert Spain’s authority and appreciation for the Marianas as a strategic possession.Keywords: Marianas • Jesuits • Chamorros • corruption • galleon trade 2013-06-13T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol61/iss2/4 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.4001 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4001/viewcontent/6072.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description Thisarticle discusses the disintegrating factors generated by Spanish colonial rule in the Marianas in the early eighteenth century—corruption by colonial officials, ineffective defense against other European powers, precipitous decline in the native population—in a context in which the archipelago’s future as a Spanish outpost was debated in religious and political circles in Manila and Madrid. Thearticle focuses on the governorship of Juan Antonio Pimentel, whose immorality as well as oppression of the Chamorros were denounced by the Jesuits. The punishment for Pimentel’s corruption and greed was meant to reassert Spain’s authority and appreciation for the Marianas as a strategic possession.Keywords: Marianas • Jesuits • Chamorros • corruption • galleon trade
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author Coello, Alexandre; Universitat
spellingShingle Coello, Alexandre; Universitat
Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720
author_facet Coello, Alexandre; Universitat
author_sort Coello, Alexandre; Universitat
title Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720
title_short Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720
title_full Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720
title_fullStr Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720
title_full_unstemmed Corruption, Greed, and the Public Good in the Mariana Islands, 1700–1720
title_sort corruption, greed, and the public good in the mariana islands, 1700–1720
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2013
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol61/iss2/4
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