Colonial Latin America

Mark A. Burkholder is Professor of History at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Lyman L. Johnson is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

"For more than a decade I have been teaching Latin American history and I keep returning to Burkholder and Johnson. While I have used other texts, student demand to have a balanced narrative assessing and analyzing the political, economic, social, and cultural factors that created Latin American society always pushes me back to this text in particular. From Ayllus to Zambos and Caciques to Conquistadors, no other text covers so much and explains it all soclearly."-- Matt D. Childs, University of South Carolina"I think the text is the best out there for colonial Lat. Am. It is well wrtitten and easily accessible. I wish it were shorter and that the social history chapters were differently organized to go more with my teaching." -Mark Carey, Washing and Lee University"For the colonial period, I have not found a better text than Burkholder and Johnson." -Patricia Harms, Brandon University"So often, we dream of seeing three simple words on the backs of our books: 'At long last...' Well, this book deserves them! At long last, we have before us a book that tackles the complexity and richness of the Spanish and Portugese colonial experiences with graceful and lively prose." -Matthew Redinger, Montana State University"The great advantage of this text is that the authors have covered most aspects of Colonial LA's political, economic, military, religious, and social history in a well-balanced compact narrative...I would adopt this text as the best one on the market for Colonial Latin America." - Stuart Hilwig, Adams State College

• Acknowledgments 1. AMERICA, IBERIA, AND AFRICA BEFORE THE CONQUEST Amerindian Civilization on the Eve of European Conquest The Iberian World in the Late Fifteenth Century Atlantic Africa in the Fifteenth Century First Encounters in the New World 2. THE AGE OF CONQUEST The Conquest of MexicoThe Conquest of PeruThe Ebbtide of ConquestBlack Participation in the Age of ConquestConundrums and the Columbian Exchange 4. RULING NEW WORLD EMPIRESImperial Organization and AdministrationThe Colonial Church 4. POPULATION AND LABORChanges in the Colonial PopulationIndian LaborSlavery and the Slave Trade 5. PRODUCTION, EXCHANGE, AND DEFENSEThe Mining and Sugar IndustriesInternational Trade and TaxationDefenseThe Colonial Economy 6. THE SOCIAL ECONOMY: SOCIETIES OF CASTE AND CLASSEvolution of Colonial SocietiesThe ElitesUrban and Rural Middle GroupsThe Broad Base of Colonial Society 7. THE FAMILY AND SOCIETYFamily: The Foundation of Colonial SocietyWomen in Colonial Societies and EconomiesThe Culture of Honor 8. LIVING IN AN EMPIREColonial SettingsDaily Life in the ColoniesThe Cultural Milieu 9. IMPERIAL EXPANSIONThe Spanish Colonies, 1680s to 1762Brazil in the Age of ExpansionNew Spain, Peru, and the Reforms of Charles IIIThe Emergence of the Periphery in Spanish America 10. CRISIS AND POLITICAL REVOLUTIONSAn Era of War and Crisis for Spain and PortugalGovernments of Resistance and Political Revolution, 1808-1812 11. FROM EMPIRE TO INDEPENDENCEIndependence in Spanish AmericaPortugal and Brazil in the Age of RevolutionCuba: "The Ever Faithful Isle"Spain After the Loss of Mainland America 12. EPILOGUE