Readings on Latin America and its people

著者

• Martin, Cheryl English
• Wasserman, Mark

書誌事項

Readings on Latin America and its people

[edited by] Cheryl E. Martin, Mark Wasserman

Prentice Hall, c2011

• v. 1

タイトル別名

To 1830

注記

v. 1: To 1830

Includes bibliographical references

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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目次

1. Writing and Record-Keeping in the Ancient Americas: The Quipus of the Andes Photograph of a quipu Jose de Acosta on indigenous scripts 1583 decree of the Church Council of Lima, declaring the quipus to be the work of the devil Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's illustration of a quipu Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca)'s account of the use of quipus A modern analysis: quipus as binary codes: Gary Upton 2. Moral debates and the Conquest of the Americas Antonio de Montesinos sermon on the first Sunday of Lent, Santo Domingo Bartolome de las Casas on the Conquest of Cuba The Requerimiento Response to the Requerimiento in Panama Juan Gines de Sepulveda Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca) on the New Laws in Peru Antonio de Vieira on abuses in Maranhao, Brazil 3. Fact-Finding for the King: The Relaciones Geograficas and the Spanish Empire in the Sixteenth Century The questionnaire Relacion of Jauja, Peru Relacion of the City of Huamanga, Peru Relacion of Meztitlan, Mexico The Misquiahuala, Mexico, Map, 1579 4. Pirates and Contraband: Life on the Coasts Map of Central America and the Caribbean John Hawkins at Rio de la Hacha, Colombia Illustration: Francis Drake being knighted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1581 Map of the Caribbean John Esquemeling's account of the pirate nicknamed "El Brasiliano" William Dampier's account of the disruption of Spanish commerce at Panama, 1685 William Dampier on the Miskito Indians, 1681 John Campbell's 18th century account of smuggling in the Spanish empire 5. Slavery in Brazil Antonio Vieira's sermon on the treatment of slaves, 1633 Domingos de Loreto Cuoto's description of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary, Recife, 1757 Illustration: slaves mining for diamonds, 18th century Slaves mining for diamonds, Minas Gerais, early 19th century A Slave Rebellion in Bahia, 1789 Maria Graham's observations in the early 1820s 6. Native Communities in the Spanish Empire Selections from the Tlaxcala cabildo proceedings, 16th century Illustration: Signatures of Tlaxcala cabildo members Native lords of Ecuador write King Philip II, 1580-1599 Thomas Gage's description of an Indian town in 17th-century Guatemala Guarani letter to the governor of Buenos Aires following the expulsion of the Jesuits 7. Maroon Communities Thomas Gage on maroons in Guatemala A description of the role played by cimarrones in Francis Drake's attack on the Isthmus of Panama War and Peace at Palmares, Brazil Quilombos inciting revolts in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1719 Illustration: Plan of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Negros de Amapa, Mexico, 1769-1770 8. Life in Colonial Convents Description of the convents of Quito, 1650 Thomas Gage on a Guatemalan nun Madre Maria de San Jose, on her decision to become a nun, and on the supervision of novices in Mexico, early 18th century Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Reply to Sor Filotea Property of the convent of Santa Clara, Cuzco Illustration: photo of Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa 9. Life on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: New Mexico in the 18th Century Bishop Pedro Tamaron y Romeral's visit to Taos, 1760 Illustration: photo of Taos pueblo Letter of Governor Manuel Portillo Urrisola, on hostilities with Comanches, 1762 Nicolas de la Fora's description of Apaches, 1766 Fray Juan Agustin Morfi's report on disorders in New Mexico, 1778 10. Natural Disasters, Religion and the Political Order The Quito Earthquake of 1582 Chimalpahin on the 1611 earthquake in Mexico City "The Fear of God": Bartolome Arzans de Ursua y Vela El Aurora de Chile, 1813 11. The Enlightenment Comes to Latin America Alexander von Humboldt on the progress of the Enlightenment in Latin America Jose Antonio Alzate on the cotton gin Illustration of Alzate's cotton gin Contents, Gaceta de Literatura, Mexico City Formation of the Sociedad Patriotica in Quito, from the Mercurio Peruano Cafes in Lima, from the Mercurio Peruano 12. Mexican Independence Letter of Chito Villagran to Dr. Diego Antonio Rodriguez, June 8, 1812 Appeal to Mexicans to break ties with the royalists, El Despertador Americano, 1811 Excerpt, Lucas Alaman, The Alhondiga Agustin de Iturbide, Plan de Iguala

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BC14186197
• ISBN:
  • 9780321355829
• LCCN: 2009039604
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Boston
• ページ数/冊数: xviii, 154 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : F1410
  • DC22 : 980
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Latin America -- History -- Sources