Conquest and Colonization of Latin America

HIST 251 | University Course

Pre-Columbian civilizations, Iberian exploration and conquest of the New World, and colonial development of Hispanic and Portuguese America from 1492 to 1823.

Course Details

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Before the Great Encounter: Native America
Lesson 2: Before the Great Encounter: Castile, Portugal, and Africa
Lesson 3: The Long Conquest: The Iberian Imperial Dawn and Native Empires
Lesson 4: The Long Conquest: The Chain of Conquest
Lesson 5: The Long Conquest: The Incomplete Conquest
Lesson 6: The Colonial Middle: Native and Black Communities
Lesson 7: The Colonial Middle: The Religious Renaissance
Lesson 8: The Colonial Middle: Defining Deviancy
Lesson 9: The Colonial Middle: Daily Life in the City and Country
Lesson 10: The Age of Change: War and Reform and Late Colonial Life
Lesson 11: The Age of Change: Independence

Syllabus

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Textbooks

	BYU Store	Vital Source (eBook)	Amazon*	Library
Colonial Lives: Documents on Latin American History, 1550–1850 (Required) by: Richard Boyer and Geoffrey Spurling ISBN: 9780195125122 1999 Oxford University Press	Used: $60.00 Rental: $7.99 New: $79.99		Buy on Amazon	Borrow
Latin America in Colonial Times (Required) by: Matthew Restall and Kris Lane ISBN: 9780521761185 2018 Cambridge University Press		Purchase from: $30.00	Buy on Amazon	Borrow
The Native Conquistador (Required) by: Amber Brian and Bradley Benton and Pablo García Loaeza ISBN: 9780271066851 2015 Penn State University Press	New: $24.95	Purchase from: $19.99	Buy on Amazon	Borrow
Translated Christianities: Nahuatl and Maya Religious Texts (Required) by: Mark Christensen ISBN: 9780271063614 2014 Penn State University Press	Rental: $20.25 Used: $22.50 New: $29.95	Purchase from: $23.99	Buy on Amazon	Borrow

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Other Materials

Digital TextRequiredConquest and colonialization of Latin America: Colonial Lives: Documents. Digital version of text $53.75

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