Colonial Latin America

by Burkholder, Mark A.; Johnson, Lyman L.

• ISBN13: 9780195386059
• ISBN10: 0195386051
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Colonial Latin America provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World and their preconquest background to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. The new edition of this highly acclaimed text has been revised and updated to relect the latestscholarship, with particular emphasis on social and cultural history. It also features a new section on Pre-Colonial Africa, to parallel coverage of Pre-Colonial Spain and the Americas, as we as new maps and illustrations. Colonial Latin America is indispensable for students who wish to gain adeeper 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.

Author Biography

MB: Professor of History and Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri, St. Louis (Ph. D. Duke University). Books include: From Impotence to Authority (University of Missouri Press, 1977; Politics of a Colonial Career: Jose Baquijano and the Audiencia of Lima (University of New Mexico Press, 1981).LJ: Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Ph. D. University of Connecticut).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

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

The Age Of Conquest

The Conquest of Mexico

The Conquest of Peru

The Ebbtide of Conquest

Black Participation in the Age of Conquest

Conundrums and the Columbian Exchange

Ruling New World Empires

Imperial Organization and Administration

The Colonial Church

Population And Labor

Changes in the Colonial Population

Indian Labor

Slavery and the Slave Trade

Production, Exchange, And Defense

The Mining and Sugar Industries

International Trade and Taxation

Defense

The Colonial Economy

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

The Family And Society

Family: The Foundation of Colonial Society

Women in Colonial Societies and Economies

The Culture of Honor

Living In An Empire

Colonial Settings

Daily Life in the Colonies

The Cultural Milieu

Imperial Expansion

The Spanish Colonies, 1680s to 1762

Brazil in the Age of Expansion

New Spain, Peru, and the Reforms of Charles III

The Emergence of the Periphery in Spanish America

Crisis And Political Revolutions

An Era of War and Crisis for Spain and Portugal

Governments of Resistance and Political Revolution, 1808-1812

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

Epilogue

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