Colonial Latin America

Maps
Prefac
1. America, Iberia, and Africa Before the Conquest
Amerindian Civilizations 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 Mexico
The Conquest of Peru
The Ebbtide of Conquest
Black Participation in the Age of Conquest
Conundrums and the Columbian Exchange
3. Ruling New World Empires
Imperial Organization and Administration
The Colonial Church
4. Population and Labor
Changes in the Colonial Population
Indian Labor
Slavery and the Slave Trade
5. Production, Exchange, and Defense
The Mining and Sugar Industries
International Trade and Taxation
Defense
The Colonial Economy
6. The Social Economy: Societies of Caste and Class
Evolution of Colonial Societies
The Elites
Urban and Rural Middle Groups
The Broad Base of Colonial Society
7. The Family and Society
Family: The Foundation of Colonial Society
Women in Colonial Societies and Economies
The Culture of Honor
8. Living in an Empire
Colonial Settings
Daily Life in the Colonies
The Cultural Milieu
9. Imperial Expansion
The Spanish Colonies: From the War of Succession to the Loss of Havana
Brazil in the Age of Expansion
10. New Spain and Peru
The Emergence of the Periphery in Spanish America
11. Crisis and Political Revolution
An Era of War and Crisis for Spain and Portugal
Governments of Resistance and Political Revolution, 1808-1812
12. From Empire to Independence
Ferdinand and the Failure of Absolutism
Independence in Spanish America
Portugal and Brazil in an Era of Revolution
Cuba: The "Ever Faithful Isle"
Spain After the Loss of the Mainland Empire
13. Epilogue
The Economy
Government and Political Life
Social Change
A Note on Periodical Literature and Suggested Readings
Glossary
Illustration Sources and Credits
Monarchs of Spain and Portugal
Index

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

Special Features

• The most comprehensive survey of colonial history available.
• Suggestions for further reading included at the conclusion of each chapter.
• Best illustration program now available, inlcuding tables and maps, with the number of illustrations expanded again in this edition.
• Includes a Spanish and Portugese language glossary.
• Covers the colonial period in Brazil, as a counterpoint to Spanish colonies.
• Up-to-date discussion of reform and independence periods.

• More comprehensive throughout, with new coverage of the Bourbon reforms and independence.
• Revised and expanded discussions of Spanish and Portuguese imperial reforms, eighteenth-century rebellions and conspiracies in Spanish America and Brazil, and the early national period.
• Extended and refocused examination of the Peninsular War and patriotic resistance in Spain and Portugal.
• Revised discussion of mining and fiscal administration based on new research on silver production.
• Updated chronologies and suggested readings for every chapter.
• Up-to-date discussion of reform and independence periods.