The Cambridge History of Latin America

ISBN-13: 9780521232234 / Angielski / Twarda / 1984 / 666 str.

Opis

Essays discuss the Native peoples of Latin America and the effect of the European conquest on their cultures, the development of colonial societies, and the establishment of the Catholic Church in the Americas.

Recenzje

"a landmark event to be celebrated by all readers, interested in any aspect of the history, culture and society of Latin America ... the first time a single editor has been given responsibility for the planning, coordination and editing of an entire Cambridge History ... a massive undertaking ... some truly remarkable essays ... several of the chapters, in these two volumes may well stand for some time as classic essays on their topic. All the chapters exhibit a uniformly high level of both scholarship and clarity ... the two volumes now in, hand shew a remarkable consistency of editorial craftsmanship and cohesiveness, to say nothing of a very high level, of scholarly achievement ... marks a giant step forward ... a celebration of the maturation of the field and a stimulant to fresh discovery and thought." - Canadian Journal of History

Spis treści

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.