The human tradition in Colonial Latin America / edited by Kenneth J. Andrien.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrien, Kenneth J., 1951-

Series:

Human tradition around the world ; no. 5.

Human tradition around the world ; no. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conflict.

History.

Latin America--History--To 1830--Biography.

Latin America.

Social conflict--Latin America--History.

Latin America--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Latin America--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Del. : SR Books/Scholarly Resources, Inc., 2002.

Summary:

The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America is an anthology of life stories of largely ordinary individuals struggling to forge a life during the unstable colonial period in Latin America. These mini-biographies show the tensions that emerged when the political, social, religious, and economic ideals of the Spanish and Portugese colonial regimes and the Roman Catholic Church conflicted with the realities of daily life in the Americas. The essays examine subthemes of gender roles; race and ethnicity; conflicts over religious orthodoxy; and crime, violence, and rebellion, while illustrating the overall theme of social order and disorder in a colonial setting. Professor Andrien has carefully selected pieces to comprise a volume that is well balanced in terms of geography, gender, and ethnicity. Written by established scholars, the essays are designed to be readable and interesting to students. Ideal for courses on Colonial Latin American history and the Latin American history survey, The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America will interest as well as inform students.

Contents:

I New World Beginnings and Efforts to Create a Colonial Social Order, 1492-1610 1

1 Gaspar Antonio Chi: Bridging the Conquest of Yucatan / Matthew Restall 6

2 Don Melchior Caruarayco: A Kuraka of Cajamarca in Sixteenth-Century Peru / Susan E. Ramirez 22

3 Dona Isabel Sisa: A Sixteenth-Century Indian Woman Resisting Gender Inequalities / Ana Maria Presta 35

4 Domingos Fernandes Nobre: "Tomacauna," a Go-Between in Sixteenth-Century Brazil / Alida C. Metcalf 51

5 The Mysterious Catalina: Indian or Spaniard? / Noble David Cook 64

II The Mature Colonial Order, 1610-1740 85

6 Ursula de Jesus: A Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic / Nancy E. van Deusen 88

7 Zumbi of Palmares: Challenging the Portuguese Colonial Order / Mary Karasch 104

8 Diego de Ocana: Holy Wanderer / Kenneth Mills 121

9 Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala: Native Writer and Litigant in Early Colonial Peru / Rolena Adorno 140

10 AhChan: The Conquest of the Itza Maya Kingdom / Grant D. Jones 164

III Reform, Resistance, and Rebellion, 1740-1825 189

11 Pedro de Ayarza: The Purchase of Whiteness / Ann Twinam 194

12 Victorina Loza: Quitena Merchant in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century / Christiana Borchart de Moreno 211

13 Jose Antonio da Silva: Marriage and Concubinage in Colonial Brazil / Muriel S. Nazzari 229

14 Eugenio Sinanyuca: Militant, Nonrevolutionary Kuraka, and Community Defender / Ward Stavig 241

15 Juan Barbarin: The 1795 French Conspiracy in Buenos Aires / Lyman L. Johnson 259

16 Miguel Garcia: Black Soldier in the Wars of Independence / Peter Blanchard 278

17 Angela Batallas: A Fight for Freedom in Guayaquil / Camilla Townsend 293.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0842028870

0842028889

OCLC:

48871059