Latin America A Social History of the Colonial Period

Name: Latin America A Social History of the Colonial Period
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ISBN: 9780534642334

ISBN-10: 0534642330

ISBN-13: 9780534642334

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Jonathan C. Brown

List price: $135.95

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This comprehensive narrative covers Latin America's pre-Colombian and colonial periods, including its civil war and struggle for independence. Brown's clear, lively prose stresses social history (as opposed to political history). The textbook presents Latin American history from the "bottom up,"emphasizing the stories of indigenous peoples, African slaves, and mixed-race workers and peasants. According to Brown, colonialism was a process of accommodation and conflict between numerous ethnic groups and the European settlers who took control of the land and the people. The cultural diversity and racial mixture unique to the colonial experience find ample expression in illustrations, tables,…

Book details

List price: $135.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 8/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English

Jonathan C. Brown teaches Latin American history at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of Oil and Revolution in Mexico and the prizewinning A Socioeconomic History of Argentina.




The Encounter Between Native Americans and Europeans



The Ancient Mesoamericans



The Ancient South Americans



Iberian Conquest and Settlement



Establishing the Colonial Social Heritage



Colonial Institutions



The Iberian-American World



Native Americans



African Americans



Economic Florescence and Social Change In the Eighteenth Century



Economic and Social Change in Spanish North America



The Working People of Mexico



The Emergence of Spanish South America



Rebellion in the Andes



Brazil?s Age of Gold



The Haitian Social Revolution



The Age of Reform and Independence



The Failure to Avert the Colonial Crisis



Revolution and Independence