The Cambridge History of Latin America

This volume looks at the history of colonial Latin America.

Leslie Bethell (Edited by)

9780521232234, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 December 1984

666 pages
22.9 x 15.5 x 4.6 cm, 0.99 kg

"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

Volume 1 in The Cambridge History of Latin America looks at the history of colonial Latin America.

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.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]