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HISTORY / Latin America / Central America

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Strike Fear in the Land

Strike Fear in the Land

Pedro de Alvarado and the Conquest of Guatemala, 1520–1541

by W. George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz and Wendy Kramer

Written with literary flair, Strike Fear in the Land is an arresting saga of personalities and controversies, conveying as never before the turmoil of this pivotal period in Mesoamerican history.
 

The Formation of Latin American Nations

The Formation of Latin American Nations

From Late Antiquity to Early Modernity

by Thomas Ward

This pioneering work brings the pre-Columbian and colonial history of Latin America home: rather than starting out in Spain and following Columbus and the conquistadores as they “discover” New World peoples, The Formation of Latin American Nations begins with the Mesoamerican and South American nations as they were before the advent of European colonialism—and only then moves on to the sixteenth-century Spanish arrival and its impact.
 

African Maroons in Sixteenth-Century Panama

African Maroons in Sixteenth-Century Panama

A History in Documents

by Robert C. Schwaller

From the 1520s through the 1580s, thousands of African slaves fled captivity in Spanish Panama and formed their own communities in the interior of the isthmus. African Maroons in Sixteenth-Century Panama, a primary source reader, edited by Robert C. Schwaller, documents this marronage in the context of five decades of African resistance to slavery.
 

“Strange Lands and Different Peoples”

“Strange Lands and Different Peoples”

Spaniards and Indians in Colonial Guatemala

by W. George Lovell and Christopher H. Lutz

Contributions by Wendy Kramer and William R. Swezey

Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these “rich and strange lands,” as Hernán Cortés called them, and their “many different peoples” was brutal and prolonged. “Strange Lands and Different Peoples” examines the myriad ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it and the changes that took place in native life because of it.

Nahuatl Theater

Nahuatl Theater

Nahuatl Theater Volume 1: Death and Life in Colonial Nahua Mexico

Edited by Louise M. Burkhart and Barry D. Sell

Foreword by Miguel León-Portilla

In this volume, Barry D. Sell and Louise M. Burkhart offer faithful transcriptions of the Nahuatl as well as new English translations of these remarkable dramas. Accompanying the plays are four interpretive essays and a foreword that broaden our understanding of these rare works.

Géneros de Gente in Early Colonial Mexico

Géneros de Gente in Early Colonial Mexico

Defining Racial Difference

by Robert C. Schwaller

Presenting a more complex picture of the ways difference came to be defined in colonial Mexico, this book exposes important tensions within Spanish colonialism and the developing social order. It affords a significant new view of the development and social experience of race—in early colonial Mexico and afterward.

War in the Land of True Peace

War in the Land of True Peace

The Fight for Maya Sacred Places

by Brent K. S. Woodfill

From early struggles to remove foreign influence to present-day battles over land tenure and indigenous-run ecotourism parks, this book documents a continuity in Maya culture over several thousand years—and illuminates the world view, with its sense of personhood and religion so different from the West’s, that informs this enduring culture.
 

Independence in Central America and Chiapas, 1770–1823

Independence in Central America and Chiapas, 1770–1823

by Aaron Pollack

Translated by Nancy T. Hancock

Focusing on regional and small-town dynamics as well as urban elites, these essays combine to offer an unusually broad and varied perspective on and a new understanding of Central America in the period of independence.
 

Bonfires of Culture

Bonfires of Culture

Franciscans, Indigenous Leaders, and the Inquisition in Early Mexico, 1524–1540

by Patricia Lopes Don

In their efforts to convert indigenous peoples, Franciscan friars brought the Spanish Inquisition to early-sixteenth-century Mexico. Patricia Lopes Don now investigates these trials to offer an inside look at this brief but consequential episode of Spanish methods of colonization, providing a fresh interpretation of an early period that has remained too long understudied.

The Manuscript Hunter

The Manuscript Hunter

Brasseur de Bourbourg's Travels through Central America and Mexico, 1854–1859

by Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg

Edited and translated by Katia Sainson

Coupled with Sainson’s thoughtful introduction and annotations, these captivating, accessible accounts reveal Brasseur de Bourbourg’s true accomplishments and offer an unrivaled view of the birth of Mesoamerican studies in the nineteenth century.

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