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Colonial Spanish America - A Documentary History (Paperback)
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Colonial Spanish America - A Documentary History (Paperback)
Series: Jaguar Books on Latin America
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Colonial Spanish America is a book of readings about people-people
from different worlds who came together to form a society by chance
and by design in the years after 1492. The book is meant to enrich,
not repeat, the work of existing texts on this period, and its
focus on people makes it stand out from other books that have
concentrated on the political and economic aspects of the culture.
This text provides a detailed look at the cultural development of
colonial Latin America using readings, documents, historical
analysis, and visual materials, including photographs, drawings,
and paintings. The book makes interesting and exciting use of the
illustrations and documents, which show social changes, puzzling
developments, and the experience of living in the colonial society.
Religion and society are the integral themes of Colonial Spanish
America. Religion becomes the nexus for much of what has been
treated as political, social, economic, and cultural history during
this period. Society is just as inclusive, allowing the reader to
meet a variety of individuals-not faceless social groups. While
some familiar faces and voices are included-namely those of Spanish
conquerors, chroniclers, and missionaries-other, less familiar
points of view complement and complicate the better-known
narratives of this history. In treating Iberia and America, before
as well as after their meeting, apparent contradictions emerge as
opportunities for understanding; different perspectives become
prompts for wider discussion. Other themes include exploration;
military and spiritual conquest; and the formation, consolidation,
reform, and collapse of colonial institutions of government and the
Church, and the accompanying changes in the economy and labor.
Colonial Spanish America: A Documentary History is an excellent
tool for Latin American history survey courses.
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