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The Routledge handbook to the history and society of the Americas / edited by Olaf Kaltmeier, Josef Raab, Michael Stewart Foley, Alice Nash, Stefan Rinke and Mario Rufer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization.
- History.
- America--History--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- America.
- America--Civilization--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 490 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2019.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Olaf Kaltmeier is Professor for Ibero-American History and Director of the Center for Inter-American Studies (CIAS) at Bielefeld University, Germany. Josef Raab is Professor of North American Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Michael Stewart Foley is Professor of American Civilization at the Universitâe Grenoble Alpes. Alice Nash is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, USA. Stefan Rinke is Professor of History at the Latin American Institute and the Friedrich Meinecke-Institute of Freie Universitèat Berlin. Mario Rufer is Professor at the Universidad Autâonoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco, Mexico.
- Summary:
- "This handbook explores the history and society of the Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined experiences. Forty-four chapters cover a range of concepts and dynamics in the Americas from the colonial period until the present century."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- General introduction to the Routledge handbook to the history and society of the Americas / Olaf Kaltmeier
- Part I. History and society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th century. Introduction: history and society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th century: The bigger picture / Josef Raab and Stefan Rinke
- America / Stefan Rinke
- Atlantic / Ernesto Mercado Montero
- Colonial economies / Juan Marchena Fernández
- Colonial rule / Eduardo Cavieres
- Columbian exchange / Charles C. Mann
- Conquest and colonization / Christoph Strobel
- Enlightenment / Thomas O. Beebee
- Gender / María Amelia Viteri and Cristina Yépez Arroyo
- Independence movements / Roberto Breña
- Indigenous peoples / Alice Nash
- Inter-ethnic relations / Izaskun Álvarez Cuartero
- Language / Lilia Rebeca Rodríguez Torres and María del Carmen de la Peza
- Memorial culture / Scott Manning Stevens
- Migration / Silke Hensel
- Nation and state building / Stefan Rinke and Mirko Petersen
- Religion and missionizing / Claude Gélinas
- Slavery / Christine Hatzky
- Unfree labor / Christine Hatzky
- Part II. History and society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st centuries. Introduction: history and society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st century: Inter-American thresholds and critical key concepts / Olaf Kaltmeier, Michael Stewart Foley, and Mario Rufer
- Alter-globalization / Guiomar Rovira
- Biopolitics / Rodrigo Parrini and Nattie Goluvob
- Consumerism / Gustavo Blázquez
- Education / Stefan Peters and Adriana Serrudo
- Ethnicity / Christian Büschges
- Family / Cornelia Giebeler
- Freedom / Donovan Hernández
- Gender identities / Karina Bidaseca and Julia Roth
- Health / Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde
- Hybridity, mestizaje, creolité / Afef Benessaieh
- Indigeneity / Olaf Kaltmeier
- Intersectionality / Julia Roth
- Latinidad / Luz Angélica Kirschner
- Memory politics / Ludmila Catela Da Silva and Michael Stewart Foley
- Modernization / Frederik Schulze
- Multiculturalism / Eduardo Restrepo
- Popular / Pablo Alabarces
- Postcolonialism and decoloniality / Mario Rufer
- Race / Peter Wade
- Religious beliefs / Heinrich Wilhelm Schäfer
- Social movements / León Enrique Ávila Romero
- Socialism / Marc Becker
- Subcultures / Michael Stewart Foley and María del Carmen de la Peza
- Transnational migration / Gilberto Rescher
- Urbanization / Lawrence A. Herzog
- Whiteness / María Teresa Garzón Martínez.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Routledge handbook to the history and society of the Americas.
- ISBN:
- 9781351138703
- 1351138707
- 9781351138680
- 1351138685
- 9781351138697
- 1351138693
- 9781351138673
- 1351138677
- OCLC:
- 1097183877
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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