Race and Ethnicity in Latin American History

ISBN-13: 9780415991537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 232 str.

Vincent Peloso

Opis

Vincent Peloso goes back to the beginning, tracing the development of the Latin American colonies and the gradual build-up of institutional and social barriers of both race and ethnicity, and the implications of this system for the colonial whites, the indigenous people, and the African slaves.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction 1. The Sixteenth-Century Encounter, 1492-1550 2. The Seventeenth-Century Decline, 1580-1715 3. The Transitional Eighteenth Century, 1715-1825 4. New States and Struggles for Ethno-Racial Hegemony, 1820-1910 5. Ethnicity, Race, and National Identity, 1890-1960 6. Ethnicity and Race in the Late Twentieth Century.