Pedro Romero de Terreros, the first Count of Regla, was born in Spain in 1710, but when he was twenty-one, his parents sent him to live with an uncle in New Spain to assume control of the family's businesses. Edith Couturier uses Regla's career to address the growing social tensions of the eighteenth century in New Spain.

In this timely study of all the reasons for extreme declines in native populations in the New World after colonization by Europeans, the author questions prevalent theories that exposure to Old World diseases was the sole cause of the devastation.

Explores the dramatic colonial history of Ecuador and southern Colombia, fleshing out everyday life and individual exploits.

This volume carefully shows how Mexico institutionalized some revolutionary promises and suffered the shattering loss of others.

Examines the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire in 1532 and how European and indigenous life ways became intertwined, producing a new and constantly evolving hybrid colonial order in the Andes.

Boyer lets these Mexican people speak for themselves about how they got into trouble with the Inquisition.

This account of the history of Mexico from Independence to the Revolution traces the struggle of common people to exert control over their everyday lives.

This new edition, revised and enlarged to take account of recently published studies as well as a rethinking of certain prevailing views, is a compelling reinterpretation of the independence era. The turbulent history of the independence movements is set forth with attention to key figures and their ideologies, regional differences, and the legacy of underdevelopment left by the wars of independence.

Historical overview from both perspectives of the often-troubled and always uneven relationship between the United States and the nations of Latin America.

Traces the development of U.S. business interests in Latin America from the early 19th century to the present.

Honor was everywhere in Colonial Latin America, and to understand the many ways it had an impact on people's lives is to understand the organizing principles of a society.

This cultural history of food in Mexico traces the influence of gender, race, and class on food preferences from Aztec times to the present.

Robert Levine tells the story of Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), Brazilian, Black, illegitimate, extremely poor, and Brazil's best-selling author upon the publication of her journals.

A sweeping narrative of two 19th century charismatic leaders and their powerful armies on the Brazil/Uruguay border.