Keen's Latin American Civilization

by Buffington, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780813344089
• ISBN10: 0813344085
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-29
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

Keen's Latin American Civilizationintroduces readers to the sweeping panorama of Latin American history through a classic collection of primary documents. More than 140 readings, organized chronologically and placed in context by insightful introductory notes and essays, provide vivid glimpses of life in Latin America from the Conquest to the colonial and republican eras to contemporary Latin America. In the ninth edition, editors Robert Buffington and Lila Caimari document dramatic recent changes in Latin America, including the resurgence of leftist governments in South and Central America, the feminization of politics from the grassroots to the presidency, the devastating effects of narco-trafficking and political corruption on law and order, and growing concerns about the environment.

Author Biography

Robert Buffington is associate professor of history at Bowling Green State University. His books include Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico, Reconstructing Criminality in Latin America (edited with Carlos Aguirre), and Mexico Today: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary History and Culture (with Don Coerver and Suzanne Pasztor). Lila Caimari is adjunct professor of history at the Universidad de San Andres (Buenos Aires). Her books include Perón y la Iglesia Catolica, Religion, Estado y Sociedad en la Argentina (1943-1955) and Apenas un delincuente: Crimen castigo y cultura en la Argentina moderna.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Indian and Hispanic Origins
Ancient America on the Eve of Conquest	p. 3
Aztec Warfare	p. 4
The Halls of Moctezuma	p. 6
Aztec Industry and Commerce	p. 8
The Condition of the Aztec Peasantry	p. 10
An Aztec Mother Advises Her Daughter	p. 12
Mayan Industry, Commerce, and Agriculture	p. 15
The Mayan Social Order	p. 16
Mayan Religious Life	p. 18
Mayan Origin Myth	p. 21
How the Inca Formed a Nation	p. 25
The Village Basis of Incan Society	p. 27
Two Views of the Incan Empire	p. 28
War and Cannibalism Among the Brazilian Indians	p. 32
Hispanic Society on the Eve of the Conquest	p. 37
The Catholic Sovereigns	p. 38
The Spanish Inquisition	p. 39
The Spanish Character	p. 41
The Man Columbus	p. 43
Columbus Sets the Stage	p. 45
The Portrait of the Conqueror	p. 46
Conquest and Colonization
Conquest	p. 51
October 12, 1492	p. 52
The Discovery of the Pacific	p. 54
The Meeting of Cortes and Moctezuma	p. 56
Twilight over Tenochtitlan	p. 59
Rendezvous at Cajamarca	p. 61
How the New Laws Were Received in Peru	p. 63
The Man Who Would Be King	p. 65
Advice to a Would-Be Conqueror	p. 67
Lope de Aguirre: Disillusioned Warrior	p. 69
Journey's End	p. 72
Colonization	p. 75
The Strange Sermon of Fr. Montesinos	p. 76
The Laughter of Dr. Palacios Rubios	p. 78
Bartolome de las Casas: God's Angry Man	p. 79
All Humankind Is One	p. 82
The Portuguese Colonizer	p. 84
The Slave Hunters	p. 85
Aimore: Word of Terror	p. 87
Indian Forced Labor in Guatemala	p. 89
Debt Peonage in Peru	p. 91
Dialogue in Yucatan	p. 92
Guaman Poma Assesses the Conquest	p. 94
The Colonial Political Economy
The Colonial Economy	p. 103
The Indian Agricultural Heritage	p. 105
Spain's Contributions to New World Agriculture	p. 108
The Potosi Mine	p. 110
The Colonial Factory	p. 112
On the Sea-Road to the Indies	p. 113
The Great Fair at Portobello	p. 116
A Foreign View of the Spanish Commercial System	p. 118
The Rise and Fall of Villa Rica	p. 120
Colonial Political and Religious Institutions	p. 125
The Structure of Colonial Government	p. 127
"I Have Seen Corruption Boil and Bubble..."	p. 131
The Corregidor: Enemy of the People	p. 132
"These Laws Are Obeyed and Not Enforced"	p. 135
City Government in the Spanish Indies	p. 138
The Sources of Catholic Power	p. 139
The Administration of Colonial Brazil	p. 141
Local Government: The Capitao-Mor	p. 143
The Jesuit Indian Policy	p. 145
Colonial Society and Culture
Colonial Society	p. 149
The Structure of Class and Caste	p. 151
The Colonial City: Mexico City	p. 153
The Mestizo: Seed of Tomorrow	p. 158
The Indian Town	p. 160
The World of the Sugar Plantation	p. 165
The Free Population	p. 171
The Social Consequences of Slavery	p. 178
Colonial Culture	p. 181
The Colonial University	p. 182
The Tenth Muse	p. 183
On the Foolishness of Men	p. 188
Gaucho Entertainment	p. 190
Indians and the Environment	p. 194
Sexual and Racial Politics	p. 196
Late Colonial Developments
The Bourbon Reforms	p. 203
The Bourbon Commercial Reforms	p. 204
The Revival of Mining	p. 206
The New Experimental Sciences and Catholic Education	p. 209
Colonial Industry in Decline	p. 210
Political Reform: The Intendant System	p. 212
The More Things Change...	p. 214
Winds of Change	p. 217
Colonial Journalism in Action	p. 218
A Colonial Freethinker	p. 220
A Plan for Democratic Education	p. 222
The Plan of Tupac Amaru	p. 226
A Heroine of the Tupac Amaru Revolt	p. 228
A Charter of Liberty	p. 230
Brazilian Slaves Resist	p. 232
Independence and Its Aftermath
The Struggle for Independence	p. 237
The Cleavage Within	p. 238
The Forging of a Rebel	p. 241
Man of Destiny	p. 244
The Army of the Andes	p. 247
Hidalgo: Torchbearer of the Mexican Revolution	p. 254
The Reforms of Hidalgo	p. 255
The Plan of Iguala	p. 256
A Letter to Dom Pedro	p. 261
Searching for a New Road	p. 265
The Fatal Legacy	p. 266
In Defense of Spain	p. 269
Bolivar's Ideal Republic	p. 271
The Age of Violence	p. 282
Facundo: Barbarian Caudillo	p. 286
Mexico City Under Santa Anna	p. 291
Dom Pedro II: A Political Portrait	p. 299
Constructing the Nation-State
Real and Imagined Communities	p. 307
Roads to the Future	p. 308
The Guano Boom	p. 312
Flora Tristan: Pioneer Feminist and Socialist	p. 319
Reform by Revolution	p. 320
A Mexican Radical	p. 327
Black Slavery Under the Empire	p. 330
The Antislavery Impulse	p. 332
On Racial Miscegenation in Brazil	p. 341
Modernity and the Emergence of the Nation-State	p. 345
Political Stability and Economic Development	p. 346
Buenos Aires: First Impressions	p. 350
A Different Model of Economic Development: A New Program for Chile	p. 352
Porfirio Diaz Assesses His Legacy	p. 354
Porfirio Diaz, Viceroy of Mexico	p. 357
A Popular Perspective on Modernity	p. 363
"The Old Order Changeth..."	p. 372
"... Yielding Place to New"	p. 374
Our America	p. 378
Consolidating the Nation-State
The Rise of Mass Politics and Culture	p. 387
For Land and Liberty	p. 389
The Indian Problem	p. 390
Teaching and Telling Stories	p. 393
What Is APRA?	p. 396
Cardenas Speaks	p. 402
On the Protection of the Brazilian Worker	p. 407
Peron Appeals to the People	p. 409
Eva Peron: On Women's Right to Vote	p. 411
Letter to President Peron	p. 413
Of Man, Woman, and Time	p. 415
Democracy, Dictatorship, and "Development"	p. 419
The New Latifundio	p. 420
Economic Dependency	p. 427
"History Will Absolve Me"	p. 433
Advice for the Urban Guerrilla	p. 439
Prelude to Dictatorship	p. 441
The Death of Victor Jara	p. 446
Open Letter to the Military Junta	p. 448
Mothers of the Disappeared	p. 455
The Church in the Nicaraguan Revolution	p. 457
Death of the "Mexican Economic Miracle"	p. 462
Communique from Subcomandante Marcos	p. 467
Challenges to the Nation-State
Globalization and Its Discontents	p. 475
Lula Speaks Out	p. 477
Citizens Talk About the Police	p. 480
Sex and Revolution	p. 486
Latin America's Left Turn	p. 494
Women Take Charge	p. 505
The New Populism	p. 507
Challenging the Nation-State	p. 512
The Two Americas	p. 515
The Vision of Bolivar	p. 518
The United States as Model	p. 520
The Monroe Doctrine	p. 521
The Two Americas	p. 523
"On the Uniqueness of Latin American Spirit"	p. 528
The White Man's Burden	p. 530
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine	p. 536
To Roosevelt	p. 538
Mexico's President Looks North	p. 540
National Security	p. 542
Operation Guatemala	p. 544
Dissent Within the Ranks	p. 551
Covert Operations	p. 557
Glossary of Spanish, Portuguese, and Indian Terms	p. 561
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