Description |
1 online resource (xx, 623 pages) |
Series |
The Cambridge history of Latin America |
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Cambridge history of Latin America.
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Contents |
PART ONE AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE CONQUEST -- Mesoamerica before 1519 / Miguel León-Portilla -- The Indians of the Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean at the end of the fifteenth century / Mary W. Helms -- Andean societies before 1532 / John Murra -- The Indians of southern South America in the middle of the sixteenth century / Jorge Hidalgo -- The Indians of Brazil in 1500 / John Hemming -- PART TWO EUROPE AND AMERICA -- The Spanish Conquest and settlement of America / J.H. Elliott -- The Indian and the Spanish Conquest / Nathan Wachtel -- The Portuguese settlement of Brazil, 1500-80 / H.B. Johnson -- Spain and America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries / J.H. Elliott -- Spain and America: the Atlantic trade, 1492-1720 / Murdo J. Macleod -- Bourbon Spain and its American empire / D.A. Brading -- Portugal and Brazil: political and economic structures of empire, 1580-1750 / Frédéric Mauro -- Portugal and Brazil: imperial re-organization, 1750-1808 / Andrée Mansuy-Diniz Silva -- PART THREE THE CHURCH IN AMERICA -- The Catholic church in colonial Spanish America / Josep M. Barnadas -- The Catholic church in colonial Brazil / Eduardo Hoornaert |
Summary |
This wide ranging history of Latin America begins with colonial Latin America and the native American population. The subsequent volumes cover each century up until the late 20th century with contributions from experts in the subjects |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Catholic Church -- Latin America -- History
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Catholic Church -- History.
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SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
Subject |
Indians -- History.
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Indians
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SUBJECT |
Latin America -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074895
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Latin America -- History -- To 1830.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074898
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Subject |
Latin America
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bethell, Leslie
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ISBN |
9781139055161 |
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113905516X |
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9780511467998 |
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0511467990 |
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9781139055161 |
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