00000caa a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862197655 Buklod 20201026232203.0 m | | ta 201026s2013 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPBAG-00038350696 BAG rda eng ARTICLE-764 Coello, Alexandre author. Corruption, greed, and the public good in the Mariana Islands, 1700-1720 Alexandre Coello. 2013. pages [193]-222 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221). This article 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, the 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. The article 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. Pimentel, Juan Antonio. Jesuits Mariana Islands History. Mariana Islands History. Spain Colonies Mariana Islands. Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 61, No. 2 (June 2013), p. 193-222. Request full-text access via UPB University Library through https://forms.gle/KZjBv7aRtY6jiL5E9 (viewed 26 October 2020) FI UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN ARTICLE-764 Analytics