Beyond Black and Red
African-Native Relations in Colonial Latin America
The first study of the complex relationships among the races in Latin America after Spanish colonization.
Mexico OtherWise
Modern Mexico in the Eyes of Foreign Observers
A diverse collection of observations on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico by non-Mexican authors.
Plaza of Sacrifices
Gender, Power, and Terror in 1968 Mexico
On October 2, 1968, up to 700 students were killed by government authorities while protesting in Mexico City - many of them women. This analysis of the role of women in the protest movement shows how the events of 1968 shaped modern Mexican society.
Local Religion in Colonial Mexico
The ten essays in Local Religion in Colonial Mexico provide information about the religious culture in colonial Mexico.
Malintzin's Choices
An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico
The complicated life of the real woman who came to be known as La Malinche.
From Slavery to Freedom in Brazil
Bahia, 1835-1900
The political and religious forces which led to the decline of the slave trade in nineteenth century Bahia, Brazil.
Slaves, Subjects, and Subversives
Blacks in Colonial Latin America
A comprehensive study of African slavery in the colonies of Spain and Portugal in the New World.
Private Passions and Public Sins
Men and Women in Seventeenth-Century Lima
A Peruvian scholar focuses on the cultural significance of illicit sexual practices in seventeenth-century Lima.
Making the Americas
The United States and Latin America from the Age of Revolutions to the Era of Globalization
The author, an expert on business interests in Latin America, examines U.S. efforts, spanning two centuries, to impose economic dominance on the peoples of the Americas and the Latin American responses to these policies.
Christians, Blasphemers, and Witches
Afro-Mexican Ritual Practice in the Seventeenth Century
New information from Inquisition documents shows how African slaves in Mexico adapted to the constraints of the Church and the Spanish crown in order to survive in their communities.