Latin America in Colonial Times (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I. Before the Great Encounter: 1. Native America; 2. Castile and Portugal; 3. Atlantic Africa; Part II. The Long Conquest: 4. The Iberian imperial dawn; 5. Native American empires; 6. The chain of conquest; 7. The incomplete conquest; Part III. The Colonial Middle: 8. Native communities; 9. Black communities; 10. The religious renaissance; 11. Defining deviancy; 12. Daily life in city and country; Part IV. The Age of Change: 13. War and reform; 14. Late-colonial times; 15. Independence; Conclusion: the Latin American puzzle.