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| Thematic Index | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: "Doing" Latin American History in the Age of Nation States | |
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| Imperial Aspirations and the Limits of Colonial Domination | |
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| Introduction to Section | |
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| Christopher Columbus Evaluates Indigenous Societies | |
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| Politics, Gender, and the Conquest of Mexico | |
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| Afro-Iberian Sailors, Soldiers, Traders, and Thieves on the Spanish Main | |
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| A Case of Contested Identity: Domingo Pÿrez, Indigenous Immigrant in Ciudad Real, Chiapas | |
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| Runaways Establish Maroon Communities in the Hinterland of Brazil | |
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| Church, Society, and Colonial Rule | |
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| Introduction to Section | |
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| European Priests Discuss Ruling Indigenous and African Peoples | |
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| Fray Alonso de Espinosa's Report on Pacifying the Fugitive Slaves of the Pacific Coast | |
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| Blending New and Old Beliefs in Mexico and the Andes | |
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| Patrimony and Patriarchy in a Colonial Mexican Confraternity | |
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| Spiritual Directions: Gender, Piety, and Friendship in Late Colonial Mexico | |
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| Finding a Place within Colonial Hierarchies | |
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| Introduction to Section | |
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| African Women's Possessions: Inquisition Inventories in Cartagena de Indias | |
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| The Pious and Honorable Life of Ana Juana of Cochabamba (1675) | |
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| Obeying the Heart and Obeying the Church | |
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| Black Hierarchies and Power in Colonial Recife, Brazil | |
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| Challenging Colonial and Cultural Norms | |
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| Introduction to Section | |
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| A Romance of Early-Modern Mexico City: Self Interest and Everyday Life in Colonial New Spain | |
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| Ambitious Women in a "Man's World" | |
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| Costume and Custom: the Social Significance of Female Dress in Colonial Potosü | |
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| To Change the Fate of All Women: Charges of Witchcraft Against Juana de Mayo | |
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| On Her Deathbed: Beyond the Stereotype of the Powerless Indigenous Woman | |
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| The Age of Reform | |
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| Introduction to Section | |
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| 20)Official Paintings Seek to Classify People in a Complex Society | |
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| CreoleTown Councils Fear Change from Above and Below | |
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| The Politics of Petty Commerce: Who Defines the Public Good? | |
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| Indians Do Everything (an Otomü poem) | |
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| High Clergy Warns the Crown of Popular Discontent | |
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| The Age of Transformation and Revolt, 1780-1825 | |
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| Introduction to Section | |
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| Indian Leaders Tupac Amaru and Micaela Bastidas Fight to End Spanish Rule | |
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| Father Josÿ Marüa Morelos and Visions of Mexican Independence | |
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| The Many Views of Simòn Bolüvar | |
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| Forging a Guerrilla Republic | |
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| Slavery, Race, and Citizenship in the Empire of Brazil: Debates in the Constituent Assembly of 1823 | |
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| Empire, Loyalty, and Race: Militiamen of Color in Nineteenth-Century Cuba | |
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| Glossary | |