This second edition is a concise history of Latin America from the Aztecs and Incas to Independence.

Now featuring scholarship published since the first edition, revised lists of recommended readings that include important books published since 1988, and append

Colonial Latin America: A Documentary History is a sourcebook of primary texts and images intended for students and teachers as well as for scholars and general

A highly readable survey of women's experiences in Latin America from the late fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.

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