A companion to Latin American history / edited by Thomas H. Holloway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holloway, Thomas H., 1944- editor.

Series:

Wiley Blackwell companions to world history.

Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, [England] : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Companion to Latin American History collects the work of leading experts in the field to create a single-source overview of the diverse history and current trends in the study of Latin America.Presents a state-of-the-art overview of the history of Latin AmericaWritten by the top international experts in the field28 chapters come together as a superlative single source of information for scholars and studentsRecognizes the breadth and diversity of Latin American history by providing systematic chronological and geographical coverageCovers both historical trends and new areas of interest

Contents:

Cover; Half Title Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Figures, Tables, and Maps; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; Coverage; What's in a Name?; Bibliography; Chapter One: Early Population Flows in the Western Hemisphere; Setting the Stage; The Pre-Clovis and Clovis Dilemma; Interdisciplinary Evidence and Words of Caution; The New World during the Last Glacial Maximum; Extinction of Megafauna; Motivating Migration; Continuities and Complexities; Epilogue; Bibliography; Chapter Two: Mesoamerica; Introduction; Archeology of Mesoamerica; Mesoamerica after the Conquest

BibliographyChapter Three: Tradition and Change in the Central Andes; Introduction; Space, Time, and Form; A Summary of Andean Culture History; The origins of civilization; The Early Intermediate Period; The Middle Horizon; The Late Intermediate Period; The Late Horizon; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Chapter Four: Portuguese and Spaniards in the Age of European Expansion; Bibliography; Chapter Five: Exploration and Conquest; "Discovery and Rescue"; Bibliography; Chapter Six: Colonial Brazil (1500-1822); Note; Bibliography

Chapter Seven: Institutions of the Spanish American Empire in the Hapsburg EraThe Spanish Colonial Administrative Structure; Church and State; State Policy; Centralizing Ambiguities; Corrupting Contradictions; From Institutional to Social History; Bibliography; Chapter Eight: Indigenous Peoples in Colonial Spanish American Society; Coercive Labor Systems; Political and Economic Reorganization; The Spiritual Conquest; Writing and Language; Society and Gender; The Ethnic Hierarchy; Bibliography; Chapter Nine: Slavery in the Americas; Conditions of Slavery; Resistance to Slavery; Bibliography

Chapter Ten: Religion, Society, and Culture in the Colonial EraColonial Evangelization and Becoming Catholic; Beyond the Church: Spiritual Lives and Popular Entertainments; Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter Eleven: Imperial Rivalries and Reforms; Introduction: Europe and Ibero-America 1700-1808: an Overview; War and Diplomacy; The Bourbon Reforms in Spanish America; Portugal and Brazil in the Eighteenth Century; Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter Twelve: The Process of Spanish American Independence; The Political Revolution of the Hispanic World; Civil War in America; Independence

BibliographyChapter Thirteen: New Nations and New Citizens: Political Culture in Nineteenth-century Mexico, Peru, and Argentina; Mexico; Peru; Argentina; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Chapter Fourteen: Imperial Brazil (1822-89); Bibliography; Chapter Fifteen: Abolition and Afro-Latin Americans; Bibliography; Chapter Sixteen: Land, Labor, Production, and Trade: Nineteenth-Century Economic and Sociai Patterns; Colonial Legacies; Falling Behind; Regional Commercial Agriculture to the 1860s

Case Study: Community-based Land Tenure, Haciendas, and Agriculture in El Salvador, 1820s-1880s

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781444391640

144439164X

9780470762677

0470762675

9781444391633

1444391631

9781780341569

1780341563

9781405180818

1405180811

OCLC:

716211104