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The Spanish Legacy: Centralist Tradition | ||||||||||
Economy Internal: encomienda (entrust), repartimiento (share), hacienda (large landed-estates), debt-peonage (indentured servants) External: mercantilism, extractive, dependent |
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The Politics monarchy (absolute power), council of the Indies (America), vice-roy, Audencia, Geo-political units (governships, captain-generals), cabildo, checks balance: residencia & visitors |
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The Society Religion: Catholic (secular, regular orders) Family: extended based, superficially patriarchal, core matriarchal, "compadres & comadres" Female symbolism: Virgin de Guadalupe, Malintzin, la llorona Inferiority complex: men (machos) & women (ito comlex) Conclusion: Centralistic, Nationalistics, Collective orientation |
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The English Legacy: A Decentralist Tradition | ||||||||||
Politics: From Roman Law to Common Law: Magna Charta 125 Parliament 1300 Civil War 1640s Bill of rights 1689 Economy: The Capitalist Stat |
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Society: 1. Reformation to Protestants: Martin Luther, Henry VIII, Church of England,Puritans & Separatists 2. The Nuclear Family |
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Conclusion: Regionalistic & highly Individualistic: decentralist tradition |