Contents

The course consists in an introduction to History of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the Wars of Independence (From Montezuma to Bolivar).

It focuses on the following areas and issues:

I. Introduction

II. The impact of Spanish conquest and colonisation on American Indian cultures

III. The Spanish organization of Colonial Latin America

IV. The colonial economy

V. The colonial society

VI. Missionaries and Indian evangelisation

VII. Creation and characteristics of Hispanic colonial culture

VIII. From Bourbons to the Wars of Independence (1700-1826)

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