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Book SynopsisSpaniards in the Colonial Empire traces the privileges, prejudices, and conflicts between American-born and European-born Spaniards, within the Spanish colonies in the Americas from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries.
- Covers three centuries of Spanish colonial power, beginning in the sixteenth century
- Explores social tension between creole and peninsular factions, connecting this friction with later colonial bids for independence
- Draws on recent research by Spanish and Spanish-American historians as well as Anglophone scholars
- Includes some coverage of Brazil and British colonies
Trade Review“This process, too, is explained with admirable clarity in this authoritative, sophisticated overview of a key issue in Latin American history.” (Journal of Latin American Studies, 1 October 2013)
“Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 September 2013)
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii
Series Editor’s Preface ix
Preface xi
Maps xvi
1 Spain and Its Early Empire in America 1
2 Native Sons and Daughters in the Church 28
3 Native Sons in Office 59
4 The Heyday of Native Sons and Daughters, circa 1630–1750 84
5 Reforms, Commentaries, and Officials, 1750–1808 110
6 The Church, Complaints, and Social Change, 1750–1808 129
7 From Abdications to Independence 149
Glossary 172
Notes 178
Suggestions for Further Reading 184
Index 193
