David J. Weber is the Robert and Nancy Dedman professor of history at the Southern Methodist University. Jane M. Rausch is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

By focusing theoretical attention on perhaps the most significant force during the past 500 years of Latin American history—cultures in contact and conflict with each other—Where Cultures Meet offers readers an illuminating handle for comprehending global processes and historical developments. Students of Latin American history and anthropology will find this anthology an important addition to their libraries.

• Part 1 I the Significance of the FrontierChapter 2 The Significance of the Frontier in American HistoryChapter 3 Latin-American FrontiersChapter 4 Frontier BarbarismChapter 5 The Frontier in Hispanic AmericaChapter 6 The Frontiers of Hispanic AmericaPart 7 II Latin America as a Frontier of EuropeChapter 8 The Great FrontierChapter 9 The Great Frontier: Freedom and HierarchyChapter 10 New World Frontiers: Comparisons and AgendasPart 11 III Frontier Peoples and InstitutionsChapter 12 Reflections on the Ibero-American Frontier Mission as an Institution in Native American HistoryChapter 13 The Encomienda in ParaguayChapter 14 Frontier Warfare in Colonial ChileChapter 15 "Black Transfrontiersmen:" The Caribbean MaroonsChapter 16 Family, Frontiers, and a Brazilian CommunityPart 17 IV Frontier Peoples and National IdentityChapter 18 National Identity and the FrontierChapter 19 The Gaucho in Argentina's Quest for National IdentityChapter 20 Bandeirantes and PioneersPart 21 Contemporary FrontiersChapter 22 "Two-Step" Migration and Upward Mobility on the Frontier: The Safety Valve Effect in PejibayeChapter 23 Violence on the FrontierChapter 24 Frontier Expansion and Indian Peoples in the Brazilian AmazonChapter 25 Social Change on the Latin American Frontier

David J. Weber is the Robert and Nancy Dedman professor of history at the Southern Methodist University. Jane M. Rausch is professor of history at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

By focusing theoretical attention on perhaps the most significant force during the past 500 years of Latin American history—cultures in contact and conflict with each other—Where Cultures Meet offers readers an illuminating handle for comprehending global processes and historical developments. Students of Latin American history and anthropology will find this anthology an important addition to their libraries.

• Part 1 I the Significance of the FrontierChapter 2 The Significance of the Frontier in American HistoryChapter 3 Latin-American FrontiersChapter 4 Frontier BarbarismChapter 5 The Frontier in Hispanic AmericaChapter 6 The Frontiers of Hispanic AmericaPart 7 II Latin America as a Frontier of EuropeChapter 8 The Great FrontierChapter 9 The Great Frontier: Freedom and HierarchyChapter 10 New World Frontiers: Comparisons and AgendasPart 11 III Frontier Peoples and InstitutionsChapter 12 Reflections on the Ibero-American Frontier Mission as an Institution in Native American HistoryChapter 13 The Encomienda in ParaguayChapter 14 Frontier Warfare in Colonial ChileChapter 15 "Black Transfrontiersmen:" The Caribbean MaroonsChapter 16 Family, Frontiers, and a Brazilian CommunityPart 17 IV Frontier Peoples and National IdentityChapter 18 National Identity and the FrontierChapter 19 The Gaucho in Argentina's Quest for National IdentityChapter 20 Bandeirantes and PioneersPart 21 Contemporary FrontiersChapter 22 "Two-Step" Migration and Upward Mobility on the Frontier: The Safety Valve Effect in PejibayeChapter 23 Violence on the FrontierChapter 24 Frontier Expansion and Indian Peoples in the Brazilian AmazonChapter 25 Social Change on the Latin American Frontier