Cambridge History of Latin America

Klappentext This volume looks at the history of colonial Latin America. Zusammenfassung Volume 1 in The Cambridge History of Latin America looks at the history of colonial Latin America. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; Note on currency and measurement; Abbreviations; General preface; Preface to volumes 1 and 2; Part I. America on the Eve of the Conquest: 1. Mesoamerica before 1519 Miguel Leon-Portilla; 2. The Indians of the Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean at the end of the fifteenth century Mary W. Helms; 3. Andean societies before 1532 John Murra; 4. The Indians of southern South America in the middle of the sixteenth century Jorge Hildalgo; 5. The Indians of Brazil in 1500 John Hemming; A note on the native American population on the eve of the European invasions Leslie Bethell; Part II. Europe and America: 6. The Spanish Conquest and settlement of America J. H. Elliott; 7. The Indian and Spanish conquest Nathan Wachtel; 8. The Portuguese settlement of Brazil, 1500-1580 H. B. Johnson; 9. Spain and America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries J. H. Elliott; 10. Spain and America: the Atlantic trade 1492-1720 Murdo J. MacLeod; 11. Bourbon Spain and its American empire D. A. Brading; 12. Portugal and Brazil: political and economic structures of empire, 1580-1750 Frédéric Mauro; 13. Portugal and Brazil: imperial re-organization, 1750-1808 Andree Mansuy-Diniz Silva; Part III. The Church in America: 14. The Catholic church in colonial Spanish America Josep M. Barnadas; 15. The Catholic church in colonial Brazil Eduardo Hoornaert; Bibliographical essays; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Bethell
• Assisted by: Leslie Bethell (Editor), Bethell Leslie (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.12.1984
• EAN: 9780521232234
• ISBN: 978-0-521-23223-4
• No. of pages: 666
• Series: Colonial Latin America; The Cambridge History of Latin America; The Cambridge History of Latin America 12 Volume Hardback Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South America, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance