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

Surveying the varied experiences of women in colonial Spanish and Portuguese America, this book traces the effects of conquest, colonisation, and settlement on

"This outstanding collection makes available for the first time a remarkable range of primary sources that will enrich courses on women as well as Latin America

Now in its sixth edition, Colonial Latin America provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World from their preconquest backgro

Honor was everywhere in Colonial Latin America, and to understand the many ways it had an impact on people's lives is to understand the organizing principles of