The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America (The Human Tradition around the World series)
Recommended for classroom use. This textbook gets away from the dominant presentation of topics and, instead, focuses on biographical profiles of people and their times. (Colonial Latin American Historical Review)The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin America. . . will enrich the understanding of Latin American culture of a student at just about any level. (The Latin Americanist)Kenneth Andrien proves himself a skillful editor who knows what works in the classroom. This is an excellent supplementary reading. (William Taylor, University of California, Berkeley)This wonderful book brings to life the complex history of colonial Latin America in ways that traditional textbooks cannot. Students will better identify with everyday life in the colonies through the rich accounts of the experiences of both the ordinary and extraordinary individuals presented in this work. It will undoubtedly enhance lectures and spark lively discussions. A welcome addition!(Jeremy Baskes, Ohio Wesleyan University)Aimed at student readers, these biographical vignettes bring colonial Latin American history to life. Each makes a superb starting point for analyzing and discussing how colonialism affected the lives of real people. (Kendall W. Brown, Brigham Young University)The Human Tradition in Colonial Latin Americais full of fascinating stories. It is a celebration of historians' ability to research the lives of the common folk whose portraits never reach the walls of museums. These vivid narratives about real people make the great themes of colonial Latin American history more immediate and accessible to students.(Peter Guardino, Indiana University)This is a wonderful book, rich with the personal histories of everyday colonial people masterfully set within the context of time and place. These engrossing portraits invite the reader to examine how men and women—indigenous people, Europeans and those of African descent, slave and free, merchants, officers, soldiers, writers, chieftains (kurakas) and mystics—challenged their assigned roles within the colonial social hierarchy.(Susan M. Socolow, Emory University)