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Colonial Latin America

ISBN: 9780195137026 | 0195137027
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 11/30/2000

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This highly acclaimed text, now in its fourth edition, provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World from their preconquest background to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. The new edition of Colonial Latin America has been updated and revised to reflect recent scholarship. Discussions of social and cultural history have been expanded and illustrated with many new pieces of art. The authors have added new sections on the history of Cuba and Spain in the independence era and an expanded d... MORE
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Acknowledgmentsix
Iberia and America Before the Conquest
1(41)
Amerindian Civilizations on the Eve of European Conquest
1(22)
The Iberian World in the Late Fifteenth Century
23(9)
Exploration and the Caribbean Experiment
32(10)
The Age of Conquest
42(37)
The Conquest of Mexico
42(8)
The Conquest of Peru
50(8)
The Ebbtide of Conquest
58(9)
Conundrums and the Columbian Exchange
67(12)
Ruling New World Empires
79(28)
Imperial Organization and Administration
79(13)
The Colonial Church
92(15)
Population and Labor
107(27)
Changes in the Colonial Population
107(9)
Indian Labor
116(9)
Slavery and the Slave Trade
125(9)
Production, Exchange, and Defense
134(37)
The Mining and Sugar Industries
134(9)
International Trade and Taxation
143(8)
Defense
151(9)
The Colonial Economy
160(11)
Living in an Empire
171(77)
Securing an Income
171(12)
Urban and Rural Environments
183(11)
Colonial Society: Race, Culture, and Class
194(15)
The Family
209(9)
Daily Life in the Colonies
218(14)
The Cultural Milieu
232(16)
Imperial Expansion
248(56)
The Spanish Colonies, 1680s to 1762
248(10)
Brazil in the Age of Expansion
258(13)
New Spain, Peru, and the Reforms of Charles III
271(14)
The Emergence of the Periphery in Spanish America
285(19)
Crisis and Collapse
304(52)
An Era of War and Crisis for Spain and Portugal
304(11)
Independence in South America
315(14)
Independence in Mexico and Central America
329(11)
Cuba: The ``Ever Faithful Isle''
340(1)
Spain After the Loss of the Mainland Empire
341(2)
Epilogue
343(13)
A Note on Periodical Literature356(1)
Glossary357(4)
Illustration Sources and Credits361(2)
Monarchs of Spain and Portugal363(2)
Index365
Lyman L. Johnson is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Mark A. Burkholder is Professor of History and Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

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