The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas

This volume is a major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America.

Frank Salomon (Edited by), Stuart B. Schwartz (Edited by)

9780521630764, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 28 October 1999

976 pages, 6 maps
23.6 x 16.2 x 6 cm, 1.48 kg

'It is profoundly reassuring that this kind of scholarly publishing continues to flourish at the start of a new millennium, and it is even more profoundly to be hoped that these books acquire the wide readership that they deserve.' The Journal of The Royal Anthropological Institute

This volume, part of the Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago. Although this volume concentrates on continental South America, peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected are also discussed. This volume is an 'idea-oriented history,' emphasizing the development of general themes instead of presenting every group and society. Indigenous peoples' own stories of the past are used as well as the standard accounts written by outsiders. Research is presented following regional and conceptual frameworks; some chapters overlap or present differing interpretations. The volume's emphasis is on self-perceptions of the indigenous peoples of South America at various times and under differing situations.

18. Warfare, reorganization, and readaptation at the margins of Spanish rule: the Chaco and Paraguay (1573–1882) James Schofield Saeger
19. Destruction, resistance and transformation: Southern, Coastal and Northern Brazil, 1580–1890 Robin M. Wright and Manuela Carneiro de Cunha
20. Native peoples confront colonial regimes in Northeastern South America, c. 1500–1900 Neil L. Whitehead
21. New peoples and new kinds of people: adaptation, readjustment, and ethnogenesis in South American indigenous societies (Colonial Era) Stuart B. Schwartz and Frank Salomon
22. The 'Republic of Indians' in revolt (c. 1680–c. 1790) Luis Miguel Glave
23. Andean highland peasants and the trials of nation-making during the nineteenth century Brooke Larson
24. Indigenous peoples and the rise of independent nation-states in lowland South America Jonathan D. Hill
25. Andean people in the twentieth century Xavier Albó
26. Lowland peoples of the twentieth century David Maybury-Lewis.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]