Overview

The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America is an anthology of stories of largely ordinary individuals struggling to forge a life during the unstable colonial period in Latin America. These mini-biographies vividly show the tensions that emerged when the political, social, religious, and economic ideals of the Spanish and Portuguese colonial regimes and the Roman Catholic Church conflicted with the realities of daily living in the Americas. Now fully updated with new and revised essays, the book is carefully balanced among countries and ethnicities. Within an overall theme of social order and disorder in a colonial setting, the stories bring to life issues of gender; race and ethnicity; conflicts over religious orthodoxy; and crime, violence, and rebellion. Written by leading scholars, the essays are specifically designed to be readable and interesting. Ideal for the Latin American history survey and for courses on colonial Latin American history, this fresh and human text will engage as well as inform students. Contributions by: Rolena Adorno, Kenneth J. Andrien, Christiana Borchart de Moreno, Joan Bristol, Noble David Cook, Marcela Echeverri, Lyman L. Johnson, Mary Karasch, Alida C. Metcalf, Kenneth Mills, Muriel S. Nazzari, Ana María Presta, Susan E. Ramírez, Matthew Restall, Zeb Tortorici, Camilla Townsend, Ann Twinam, and Nancy E. van Deusen.

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Author:   Kenneth J. Andrien
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9781442212992

ISBN 10:   1442212993
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   02 May 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Kenneth J. Andrien Part I: New World Beginnings and Efforts to Create a Colonial Social Order, 1492–1610 Chapter 1: Gaspar Antonio Chi: Bridging the Conquest of Yucatán Matthew Restall Chapter 2: Don Melchior Caruarayco: A Kuraka of Cajamarca in Sixteenth-Century Peru Susan E. Ramírez Chapter 3: Doña Isabel Sisa: A Sixteenth-Century Indian Woman Resisting Gender Inequalities Ana María Presta Chapter 4: Domingos Fernandes Nobre: “Tomacauna,” a Go-Between in Sixteenth-Century Brazil Alida C. Metcalf Chapter 5: The Mysterious Catalina: Indian or Spaniard? Noble David Cook Part II: The Mature Colonial Order, 1610–1740 Chapter 6: Ursula de Jesús: A Seventeenth-Century Afro-Peruvian Mystic Nancy E. van Deusen Chapter 7: Agustina Ruiz: Sexuality and Religiosity in Colonial Mexico Zeb Tortorici Chapter 8: Zumbi of Palmares: Challenging the Portuguese Colonial Order Mary Karasch Chapter 9: Diego de Ocaña: Holy Wanderer Kenneth Mills Chapter 10: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala: Native Writer and Litigant in Early Colonial Peru Rolena Adorno Chapter 11: Ana de Vega: Seventeenth-Century Afro-Mexican Healer Joan Bristol Part III: Reform, Resistance, and Rebellion, 1740–1825 Chapter 12: Pedro de Ayarza: The Purchase of Whiteness Ann Twinam Chapter 13: Victorina Loza: Quiteña Merchant in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century Christiana Borchart de Moreno Chapter 14: José Antonio da Silva: Marriage and Concubinage in Colonial Brazil Muriel S. Nazzari Chapter 15: Juan Barbarín: The 1795 French Conspiracy in Buenos Aires Lyman L. Johnson Chapter 16: Agustín Agualongo and the Royalist Cause in the Wars of Independence Marcela Echeverri Chapter 17: Angela Batallas: A Fight for Freedom in Guayaquil Camilla Townsend

Reviews

This is a wonderful book, rich with the personal histories of everyday colonial people masterfully set within the context of time and place. These engrossing portraits invite the reader to examine how men and women indigenous people, Europeans and those of African descent, slave and free, merchants, officers, soldiers, writers, chieftains (kurakas) and mystics challenged their assigned roles within the colonial social hierarchy.--Susan M. Socolow, Emory University

This wonderful book brings to life the complex history of colonial Latin America in ways that traditional textbooks cannot. Students will better identify with everyday life in the colonies through the rich accounts of the experiences of both the ordinary and extraordinary individuals presented in this work. It will undoubtedly enhance lectures and spark lively discussions. A welcome addition!--Jeremy Baskes, Ohio Wesleyan University Kenneth Andrien proves himself a skillful editor who knows what works in the classroom. This is an excellent supplementary reading.--William Taylor, University of California, Berkeley Aimed at student readers, these biographical vignettes bring colonial Latin American history to life. Each makes a superb starting point for analyzing and discussing how colonialism affected the lives of real people.--Kendall W. Brown, Brigham Young University This is a wonderful book, rich with the personal histories of everyday colonial people masterfully set within the context of time and place. These engrossing portraits invite the reader to examine how men and women indigenous people, Europeans and those of African descent, slave and free, merchants, officers, soldiers, writers, chieftains (kurakas) and mystics challenged their assigned roles within the colonial social hierarchy.--Susan M. Socolow, Emory University The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America is full of fascinating stories. It is a celebration of historians ability to research the lives of the common folk whose portraits never reach the walls of museums. These vivid narratives about real people make the great themes of colonial Latin American history more immediate and accessible to students.--Peter Guardino, Indiana University

Recommended for classroom use. This textbook gets away from the dominant presentation of topics and, instead, focuses on biographical profiles of people and their times.-- Colonial Latin American Historical Review The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America . . . will enrich the understanding of Latin American culture of a student at just about any level.-- The Latin Americanist The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America is full of fascinating stories. It is a celebration of historians' ability to research the lives of the common folk whose portraits never reach the walls of museums. These vivid narratives about real people make the great themes of colonial Latin American history more immediate and accessible to students.--Peter Guardino, Indiana University This is a wonderful book, rich with the personal histories of everyday colonial people masterfully set within the context of time and place. These engrossing portraits invite the reader to examine how men and women--indigenous people, Europeans and those of African descent, slave and free, merchants, officers, soldiers, writers, chieftains (kurakas) and mystics--challenged their assigned roles within the colonial social hierarchy.--Susan M. Socolow, Emory University Aimed at student readers, these biographical vignettes bring colonial Latin American history to life. Each makes a superb starting point for analyzing and discussing how colonialism affected the lives of real people.--Kendall W. Brown, Brigham Young University Kenneth Andrien proves himself a skillful editor who knows what works in the classroom. This is an excellent supplementary reading.--William Taylor, University of California, Berkeley This wonderful book brings to life the complex history of colonial Latin America in ways that traditional textbooks cannot. Students will better identify with everyday life in the colonies through the rich accounts of the experiences of both the ordinary and extraordinary individuals presented in this work. It will undoubtedly enhance lectures and spark lively discussions. A welcome addition!--Jeremy Baskes, Ohio Wesleyan University

This is a wonderful book, rich with the personal histories of everyday colonial people masterfully set within the context of time and place. These engrossing portraits invite the reader to examine how men and women--indigenous people, Europeans and those of African descent, slave and free, merchants, officers, soldiers, writers, chieftains (kurakas) and mystics--challenged their assigned roles within the colonial social hierarchy.--Susan M. Socolow, Emory University

Author Information

Kenneth J. Andrien holds the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair in History at Southern Methodist University.

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