Robert M. Buffington

Keen's Latin American Civilization, Volume 1: A Primary Source Reader, Volume One: The Colonial Era Robert M. Buffington 10th edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "This collection of documents provides an exciting mosaic of ideas and images from the Latin American colonial past. It provides readers the opportunity to look at the processes of conquest and colonization from a wide variety of vantage points. Primary sources cover socioeconomic and political aspects of pre-Columbian and colonial societies as well as religion, race relations, gender and sexuality, art, honor, and everyday life. Written documents are complemented with lively images and paintings. While the focus is on Mexico and the Andes, the peripheral areas of the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese domain of Brazil are also well represented. This thematic richness is matched by the multiplicity of voices. European conquerors and native peoples, intellectuals, government officials, travelers, scientists, and members of the Catholic Church, men and women, in sum, people from very different walks of life, are heard throughout these pages. The introductory pieces and headnotes are clear and precise. It is hard to think of a more comprehensive and sophisticated teaching tool for survey courses on colonial Lain America.--Sergio Serulnikov, Universidad de San Andres / CONICET "For decades "Keen's Latin American Civilization" has engaged students in primary sources from the widest variety of materials. Covering the preconquest and colonial periods, Volume 1 of the new divided version continues to provide excellent translations while enhancing coverage by adding new sources on a variety of subjects, from gender to the Bourbon reforms. Weekly discussion of a small selection of sources has worked masterfully in my courses to force students to think like historians by analyzing sources directly. "Keen's Latin American Civilization" is the most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available in English for the Spanish colonial period."--Jeremy Baskes, Ohio Wesleyan UniversityTable of Contents: "Preface" Part One: Indian and Hispanic Origins 1 Ancient America on the Eve of Conquest 1 Aztec Warfare 2 The Halls of Moctezuma 3 Aztec Industry and Commerce 4 The Condition of Aztec Agricultural Workers 5 An Aztec Mother Advises Her Daughter 6 Mayan Industry, Commerce, and Agriculture 7 The Mayan Social Order 8 Mayan Religious Life 9 Mayan Origin Myth 10 How the Inca Formed a Nation 11 The Village Basis of Incan Society 12 Two Views of the Incan Empire 2 Hispanic Society on the Eve of the Conquest 1 The Catholic Sovereigns 2 The Spanish Inquisition 3 The Spanish Character 4 Columbus Sets the Stage 5 The Portrait of the Conqueror 6 Men s Honor and Women s Shame 7 Devotion to God Part Two: Conquest and Colonization 3 Conquest 1 October 12, 1492 2 The Discovery of the Pacific 3 The Meeting of Cortes and Moctezuma 4 Twilight over Tenochtitlan 5 Rendezvous at Cajamarca 6 How the New Laws Were Received in Peru 7 The Man Who Would Be King 8 Advice to a Would-Be Conqueror 9 Lope de Aguirre: Disillusioned Warrior 10 Journey s End 11 War and Cannibalism Among the Brazilian Indians 12 On Cannibals, Curious Customs, and Conflict 13 Living with the Enemy 4 Colonization 1 The Strange Sermon of Fr. Montesinos 2 The Laughter of Dr. Palacios Rubios 3 Bartolome de las Casas: God s Angry Man 4 All Humankind Is One 5 The Portuguese Colonizer 6 The Slave Hunters 7 Aimore: Word of Terror 8 Indian Forced Labor in Guatemala 9 Debt Peonage in Peru 10 Dialogue in Yucatan 11 Guaman Poma Assesses the Conquest Part Three: The Colonial Political Economy 5 The Colonial Economy 1 The Indian Agricultural Heritage 2 Spain s Contributions to New World Agriculture 3 The Potosi Mine 4 The Colonial Factory 5 On the Sea-Road to the Indies 6 The Great Fair at Portobello 7 A Foreign View of the Spanish Commercial System 8 The Rise and Fall of Villa Rica 6 Colonial Political and Religious Institutions 1 The New Laws 2 These Laws Are Obeyed and Not Enforced 3 Colonial Pomp and Circumstance 4 I Have Seen Corruption Boil and Bubble . . . 5 The Corregidor: Enemy of the People 6 City Government in the Spanish Indies 7 The Jesuit Indian Policy 8 The Administration of Colonial Brazil 9 Local Government: The Capitao-Mor Part Four: Colonial Society and Culture 7 Colonial Society 1 The Colonial City: Mexico City 2 The Mestizo: Seed of Tomorrow 3 The Indian Town 4 The Structure of Class and Caste 5 Racial Anxieties6 The World of the Sugar Plantation 7 The Free Population 8 The Social Consequences of Slavery 8 Colonial Culture 1 The Colonial University 2 The Tenth Muse 3 On the Foolishness of Men 4 Gender Trouble 5 Gaucho Entertainment 6 Indians and the Environment 7 Sexual and Racial Politics Part Five: Late Colonial Developments 9 The Bourbon Reforms 1 The Bourbon Commercial Reforms 2 The Revival of Mining 3 The New Experimental Sciences and Catholic Education 4 Colonial Industry in Decline 5 Political Reform: The Intendant System 6 The More Things Change . . . 10 Winds of Change 1 Colonial Journalism in Action 2 A Colonial Freethinker 3 A Plan for Democratic Education 4 The Plan of Tupac Amaru 5 A Heroine of the Tupac Amaru Revolt 6 A Charter of Liberty 7 Brazilian Slaves Resist"Review Quotes: This collection of documents provides an exciting mosaic of ideas and images from the Latin American colonial past. It provides readers the opportunity to look at the processes of conquest and colonization from a wide variety of vantage points. Primary sources cover socioeconomic and political aspects of pre-Columbian and colonial societies as well as religion, race relations, gender and sexuality, art, honor, and everyday life. Written documents are complemented with lively images and paintings. While the focus is on Mexico and the Andes, the peripheral areas of the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese domain of Brazil are also well represented. This thematic richness is matched by the multiplicity of voices. European conquerors and native peoples, intellectuals, government officials, travelers, scientists, and members of the Catholic Church, men and women, in sum, people from very different walks of life, are heard throughout these pages. The introductory pieces and headnotes are clear and precise. It is hard to think of a more comprehensive and sophisticated teaching tool for survey courses on colonial Lain America. Sergio Serulnikov, Universidad de San Andres / CONICET For decades "Keen s Latin American Civilization" has engaged students in primary sources from the widest variety of materials. Covering the preconquest and colonial periods, Volume 1 of the new divided version continues to provide excellent translations while enhancing coverage by adding new sources on a variety of subjects, from gender to the Bourbon reforms. Weekly discussion of a small selection of sources has worked masterfully in my courses to force students to think like historians by analyzing sources directly. "Keen s Latin American Civilization" is the most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available in English for the Spanish colonial period. Jeremy Baskes, Ohio Wesleyan University"Biographical Note: Robert M. Buffington is a professor in the Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Lila Caimari is a researcher at CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas) in Buenos Aires, Argentina."Jacket Description/Back: For decades "Keen s Latin American Civilization" has engaged students in primary sources from the widest variety of materials. Covering the pre-conquest and colonial periods, Volume One of the new divided version continues to provide excellent translations while enhancing coverage by adding new sources on a variety of subjects, from gender to the Bourbon reforms . . . "Keen s Latin American Civilization" is the most comprehensive anthology of primary sources available in English for the Spanish colonial period. Jeremy Baskes, Ohio Wesleyan University This collection of documents provides an exciting mosaic of ideas and images from the Latin American colonial past. It provides readers the opportunity to look at the processes of conquest and colonization from a wide variety of vantage points. Primary sources cover socioeconomic and political aspects of pre-Columbian and colonial societies as well as religion, race relations, gender, sexuality, art, honor, and everyday life. . . . It is hard to think of a more comprehensive and sophisticated teaching tool for survey courses on colonial Latin America. Sergio Serulnikov, Universidad de San Andres / CONICET The tenth edition of "Keen s Latin American Civilization" inaugurates a new era in the history of this classic anthology by dividing it into two volumes. This first volume retains most of the colonial period sources from the ninth edition but with some significant additions, including new sets of images representing Brazilian cannibals and casta paintings of mixed race families, an alternative conquest narrative, and five new readings on imperial governance, gender, and sexualityincluding selections from the autobiography of a Spanish nun who took on a male persona to fight as a soldier in the American colonies. The 88 excerpts in Volume One provide foundational and riveting first-hand accounts of life in colonial Latin America. Concise introductions for chapters and excerpts provide essential context for understanding the primary sources. Robert M. Buffington is a professor in the Women and Gender Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder. Lila Caimari is a researcher at CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas) in Buenos Aires, Argentina."Publisher Marketing: The tenth edition of "Keen s Latin American Civilization" inaugurates a new era in the history of this classic anthology by dividing it into two volumes. This first volume retains most of the colonial period sources from the ninth edition but with some significant additions including two new sets of images (representations of Brazilian cannibals and casta paintings of mixed race families), an alternative conquest narrative, two new readings on imperial governance, and three new readings on gender and sexuality, including selections from the autobiography of a Spanish nun who took on a male persona to fight as a soldier in the American colonies. The 88 excerpts in volume one provide foundational and often riveting first-hand accounts of life in colonial Latin America. Concise introductions for chapters and excerpts provide essential context for understanding the primary sources."

Contributor Bio:  Buffington, Robert Robert Buffington is associate professor of women and gender studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of "Criminal and Citizen in Modern Mexico".