Colonial Latin America is indispensable for students who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the fascinating and often colorful history of the cultrues,the people, and the struggles that have played a part in shaping Latin America. INDICE: Acknowledgments; 1.: AMERICA, IBERIA, AND AFRICA BEFORE THE CONQUEST; Amerindian Civilization on the Eve of European Conquest; The Iberian World in the Late Fifteenth Century; Atlantic Africa in the Fifteenth Century; First Encounters in the New World; 2.: THE AGE OF CONQUEST; The Conquest of Mexico; The Conquest of Peru; The Ebbtide of Conquest; Black Participation in theAge of Conquest; Conundrums and the Columbian Exchange; 3.: RULING NEW WORLD EMPIRES; Imperial Organization and Administration; The Colonial Church; 4.: POPULATION AND LABOR; Changes in the Colonial Population; Indian Labor; Slavery and the Slave Trade; 5.: PRODUCTION, EXCHANGE, AND DEFENSE; The Mining and Sugar Industries; International Trade and Taxation; Defense; The Colonial Economy; 6.: THE SOCIAL ECONOMY: SOCIETIES OF CASTE AND CLASS; Evolution of Colonial Societies; The Elites; Urban and Rural Middle Groups; The Broad Base of Colonial Society; 7.: THE FAMILY AND SOCIETY; Family: The Foundation of Colonial Society; Women in Colonial Societies and Economies; The Culture of Honor; 8.: LIVING IN AN EMPIRE; Colonial Settings; Daily Life in the Colonies; The Cultural Milieu; 9.: IMPERIAL EXPANSION; The Spanish Colonies, 1680s to 1762; Brazil inthe Age of Expansion; New Spain, Peru, and the Reforms of Charles III; The Emergence of the Periphery in Spanish America; 10.: CRISIS AND POLITICAL REVOLUTIONS; An Era of War and Crisis for Spain and Portugal; Governments of Resistance and Political Revolution, 1808-1812; 11.: FROM EMPIRE TO INDEPENDENCE; Independence in Spanish America; Portugal and Brazil in the Age of Revolution; Cuba: 'The Ever Faithful Isle'; Spain After the Loss of Mainland America; 12.: EPILOGUE
- ISBN: 978-0-19-538605-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 446
- Fecha Publicación: 22/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés