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A thematic approach to detailing Latin America. For courses in Latin-American history.Written by two of the leading scholars in the field, Latin America and Its People presents a fresh interpretative survey of Latin-American history from pre-Columbian times to the present. It examines the many institutions that Latin-Americans have built and rebuilt - families, governments, churches, political parties, labor unions, schools and armies - through the everyday lives of the diverse people who forged these institutions and later altered them to meet changing circumstances.Teaching and Learning ExperiencePersonalize Learning- MySearchLab provides engaging experiences that personalize learning and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.Improve Critical Thinking- Learning More About Latin-Americans sections at the end of each chapter offer suggestions for further reading for students interested in pursuing research projects on the lives of Latin-Americans.Engage Students- Latin-American Lives biographical essays and discussion questions focus on individuals whose lives illustrate key points within the chapter. Highlighting the famous, as well as the less well-known, these essays help students understand the individual's effect on greater society.Support Instructors- MySearchLab and ClassPrep.Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab at no extra charge, please visit www.MySearchLab.com or use the following (VP ISBN-10: 0205006965 , VP ISBN-13: 9780205006960)
Contents
List of FeaturesList of Maps and Color Plates Map of National Capitals Preface About the Authors The First Americans Coming to America Subsistence Strategies and the Development of Agriculture Sedentary Communities and Ceremonial Centers Ceremonial Centers in Mexico and Peru The Olmec: "Mother Culture" of Mexico? Chavin de Huantar in Peru The Cities of Classic Mesoamerica Monte Alban Teotihuacan Maya Civilization in the Classic Era Peru After Chavin The Moche The Nazca Tiwanaku The Wari Empire Mesoamerica and Peru, 900-1400 C.E. The Toltecs The Mixtecs of Oaxaca The Post-Classic Maya Peru after Tiwanaku and Wari The World of Early Americans People and Their Environment Early Americans and Their Beliefs Communities, States, and War Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Archaeology, Literacy, and the Study of History LATIN AMERICAN LIVES Pacal the Great, King of Palenque, 603-683 C.E. Mesoamerica in the Fifteenth Century The Rise of the Mexica Mexica Statecraft Mexica Religion Everyday Life in the Time of the Mexica Mesoamerica on the Eve of the Spanish Invasion The Andes in the Fifteenth Century The Rise of the Incas Inca Statecraft Andean Religion in the Time of the Incas Everyday Life in the Time of the Incas The Aztecs and Incas Compared The Diversity of American Peoples The Tainos and Caribs The Tupi of Coastal Brazil The "Pueblo" Peoples of New Mexico The Spanish and the Portuguese Centuries of Conquest Medieval Iberia and the Reconquista Iberian Monarchies in the Fifteenth Century The Breakdown of Iberian "Convivencia" Iberian Society in the Fifteenth Century Iberia and the Beginnings of Overseas Expansion Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Counting People in Past Societies LATIN AMERICAN LIVES Tanta Carhua, Bride of the Sun The Europeans Arrive Columbus and the First Encounters The Caribbean Colonies The Portuguese in Brazil The Spanish in Mesoamerica and the Andes Cortes and the Aztecs The Search for "Otro Mexico" The Pizarros and the Incas Military Conquest or Strategic Alliance? Building a Colonial Society The Ecological Conquest Conquistadors, Encomenderos, and Native Peoples A Multiracial Society in Formation The "Spiritual Conquest" of Latin America Early Evangelization The Impact of Evangelization Resistance to Christianity The Consolidation of Colonial Empires The Viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru The Spanish Colonial Bureaucracy Royal Government in Brazil The Church in Spanish America and Brazil The Spanish and Portuguese Empires Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Malinche and the Uses of Historical Memory LATIN AMERICAN LIVES Domingos Fernandes Nobre, Mameluco of BrazilCHAPTER 4 THE IBERIANS' NEW WORLD The Lure of Precious Metals The Silver Boom Labor and Technology in Silver Mining Procuring a Labor Supply Gold Mining in Brazil Agriculture Sugar Plantations Haciendas and Ranches Landownership Landed Elites Rural Society Trade and Transportation International Commerce Overland Transport Merchants Mercantile Restrictions Cities and Towns in the Iberians' New World Capital Cities Provincial Capitals and Other Towns Urban Amenities Urban Working Classes Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Documenting Colonial Enterprise LATIN AMERICAN LIVES Antonio Lopez De Quiroga, Bolivian Entrepreneur CHAPTER 5 THE AMERINDIANS' CHANGING WORLD Native Communities in Mesoamerica and the Andes Shifting Populations in the Republica de Indios Local Government in the Republica de Indios Subsistence and Survival in the Republica de Indios Native Communities and the Cash Economy Families and Households in the Republica de Indios Religion and Community Life in the Republica de Indios Natives as Catholics Belief and Practice in the Republica de Indios Religion and Community Identity Mission Indians Jesuit and Franciscan Missions Native Peoples in the Jesuit and Franciscan Missions Mission Indians and Colonial Society Native Peoples and the Colonial Order Indians in the Republica de Espanoles "Indios Barbaros" Regional Revolts Native Historical Memory and the Colonial Order Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Measuring Acculturation Using Indigenous Language Sources LATIN AMERICAN LIVES Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala CHAPTER 6 A NEW PEOPLE AND THEIR WORLD The Making of Multiethnic Societies Spanish and Portuguese Immigrants Creoles Mestizos and Mamelucos African Slaves Slave Resistance Maroon Communities Free Blacks and Mulattos Race and Class in Colonial Latin America Social and Cultural Definitions of Race Class and Ethnicity Honor, Gender, and Patriarchy Honor and the Patriarchal Family Marriage and the Family Honor and Sexuality Honor and Homosexuality The Limits of Patriarchy Convents: "Islands of Women" Convents and Colonial Society Conformity and Defiance in Colonial Society The Social Etiquette of Everyday Life The Administration of Justice The Inquisition and Deviant Behavior Rituals of Rule Scatological Songs and Dances of Defiance Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Parish Registers and the Study of Colonial Society LATIN AMERICAN LIVES Juana De Cobos, Baker in Chihuahua The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in Eighteenth-Century Politics Great Britain and Latin America The Seven Years' War The American Revolution and Latin America The French Revolution and Latin America The Haitian Revolution The Bourbon and Pombaline Reforms Defending the Spanish Empire Administrative Restructuring and New Viceroyalties The Power of the Church Economic Development Latin American Peoples in the Age of Revolution Social Change in the Late Colonial Period The Changing Face of Colonial Cities The Enlightenment in Latin America Resistance and Rebellion in the Late Colonial Period Developing Creole Consciousness Resistance to the Bourbon Reforms Conspiracies in Brazil The Great Rebellion in Peru Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Latin America and the Atlantic WorldLATIN AMERICAN LIVES Jose Antonio Aponte, sculptor of Havana Spanish America and the Crisis of 1808 Spain and the Napoleonic Invasion Representative Government in Spain and America, 1808-1814 The "American Question" Spanish American Grievances and the Crisis of 1808 Mexico Venezuela Argentina Spanish American Independence The Final Campaigns Regional Conflicts in the Spanish American Struggle for Independence The Independence of Brazil The Portuguese Monarchy in Brazil Popular Unrest in Brazil The Culmination of Brazilian Independence The Meaning of Independence Conclusion LEARNING MORE ABOUT LATIN AMERICANS HOW HISTORIANS UNDERSTAND Were the wars of independence the turning point? LATIN AMERICAN LIVES Manuela Saenz, 1797-1856, liberator of South AmericaGlossary Credits Index
