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Colonial Latin America / Mark A. Burkholder, Lyman L. Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Edition: 6th editionDescription: xi, 436 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195320425 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780195320428 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 980/.013
LOC classification:
  • 100 F 1412 B959c 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
1. America, Iberia, and Africa before the conquest -- Amerindian civilizations on the eve of European conquest -- The Iberian world in the late fifteenth century -- Atlantic Africa in the fifteenth century -- First encounters in the New World -- 2. The age of conquest -- The conquest of Mexico -- The conquest of Peru -- The ebbtide of conquest -- Black participation in the age of conquest -- Conundrums and the Columbian exchange -- 3. Ruling new world empires -- Imperial organization and administration -- The colonial church -- 4. Population and labor -- Changes in the colonial population -- Indian labor -- Slavery and the slave trade -- 5. Production, exchange, and defense -- The mining and sugar industries -- International trade and taxation -- Defense -- The colonial economy -- 6. The social economy : societies of caste and class -- Evolution of colonial societies -- The elites -- Urban and rural middle groups -- The broad base of colonial society -- 7. The family and society -- Family : the foundation of colonial society -- Women in colonial societies and economies -- The culture of honor -- 8. Living in an empire -- Colonial settings -- Daily life in the colonies -- The cultural milieu -- 9. Imperial expansion -- The Spanish colonies, 1680s to 1762 -- Brazil in the age of expansion -- New Spain, Peru, and the reforms of Charles III -- The emergence of the periphery in Spanish America -- 10. Crisis and collapse -- An era of war and crisis for Spain and Portugal -- Independence in South America -- Independence in Mexico and Central America -- Cuba : the "ever faithful isle" -- Spain after the loss of the mainland empire -- Epilogue.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 100 F 1412 B959c 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000054409

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. America, Iberia, and Africa before the conquest -- Amerindian civilizations on the eve of European conquest -- The Iberian world in the late fifteenth century -- Atlantic Africa in the fifteenth century -- First encounters in the New World -- 2. The age of conquest -- The conquest of Mexico -- The conquest of Peru -- The ebbtide of conquest -- Black participation in the age of conquest -- Conundrums and the Columbian exchange -- 3. Ruling new world empires -- Imperial organization and administration -- The colonial church -- 4. Population and labor -- Changes in the colonial population -- Indian labor -- Slavery and the slave trade -- 5. Production, exchange, and defense -- The mining and sugar industries -- International trade and taxation -- Defense -- The colonial economy -- 6. The social economy : societies of caste and class -- Evolution of colonial societies -- The elites -- Urban and rural middle groups -- The broad base of colonial society -- 7. The family and society -- Family : the foundation of colonial society -- Women in colonial societies and economies -- The culture of honor -- 8. Living in an empire -- Colonial settings -- Daily life in the colonies -- The cultural milieu -- 9. Imperial expansion -- The Spanish colonies, 1680s to 1762 -- Brazil in the age of expansion -- New Spain, Peru, and the reforms of Charles III -- The emergence of the periphery in Spanish America -- 10. Crisis and collapse -- An era of war and crisis for Spain and Portugal -- Independence in South America -- Independence in Mexico and Central America -- Cuba : the "ever faithful isle" -- Spain after the loss of the mainland empire -- Epilogue.

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