A history of Latin America /
by Bakewell, P. J. (Peter John).
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BookSeries: The Blackwell history of the world. Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 1997Description: xxiii, 520 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0631167919; 0631205470.Subject(s): Latin America -- History| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-512) and index.
Pt. I. Bases. 1. Lands and Climates. 2. American Peoples. 3. Iberia -- Pt. II. Approaches. 4. Columbus and Others. 5. Experiment in the Caribbean. 6. Military Conquest -- Pt. III. Domination. 7. Administration: the Power of Paper. 8. Church: Friars, Bishops, and the State. 9. Society: Old Orders Changed. 10. Economy: Ships and Silver -- Pt. IV. Mature Colonies. 11. The Seventeenth Century: a Slacker Grip. 12. Eighteenth-century Spanish America: Reformed or Deformed? -- Pt. V. Portugal in America. 13. Colonial Brazil: Slaves, Sugar, and Gold -- Pt. VI. Self-Discovery: The Nineteenth Century and Beyond. 14. Independence. 15. Adrift in Storms: Caudillos and Penury. 16. Calmer Waters and a New Course: Oligarchs and Exports. 17. Epilogue.
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