Latin America in Colonial Times

by Matthew Restall

Few milestones in human history are as dramatic and momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. Latin America in Colonial Times presents that story in an engaging but scholarly new package, revealing how a new civilization – Latin America – emerged from that encounter. The authors give equal attention to the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors and settlers, to the African slaves they brought across the Atlantic, and to the indigenous peoples whose lands were invaded. From the dawn of empires in the fifteenth century, through the conquest age of the sixteenth, to the end of empire in the nineteenth, Latin America in Colonial Times combines broad brush strokes with the anecdotal details that bring the era to life.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks, Latin American History, College

320 pages, Paperback

First published October 31, 2011

About the author

Matthew Restall is a historian of Colonial Latin America. He is an ethnohistorian and a scholar of conquest, colonization, and the African diaspora in the Americas. He is currently Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Latin American History and Anthropology, and Director of Latin American Studies, at the Pennsylvania State University. He is President of the American Society for Ethnohistory, a former editor of Ethnohistory journal, a senior editor of the Hispanic American Historical Review, editor of the book series Latin American Originals, and co-editor of the Cambridge Latin American Studies book series.

Reviews

[Tihare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting take from an English point of view.

[maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

pretty good

[Ross Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dry.

[Kami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for a class, thoroughly enjoyed it though. I loved that it had further reading suggestions at the end of every chapter as well.

[Sierra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for my Early Latin American History Class. Pretty good for a textbook, but a dry textbook nonetheless.

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

As text books go, this one was excellent. Although it was designed for college students, the chapters are short and engaging enough to be used with High School students.

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this book for one of my history classes.

[Mills College Library]

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