The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas

by Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz

Overview

This is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago. Although this volume concentrates on continental South America, peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected are also discus sed. The volume's emphasis is on self-perceptions of the indigenous peoples of South America at various times and under differing situations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521630764
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/28/1999
Series:	The Cambridge history of the Native Peoples of the Americas , #3
Pages:	976
Product dimensions:	6.38(w) x 9.29(h) x 2.36(d)

Table of Contents

18. Warfare, reorganization, and readaptation at the margins of Spanish rule: the Chaco and Paraguay (1573-1882) James Schofield Saeger; 19. Destruction, resistance and transformation: Southern, Coastal and Northern Brazil, 1580-1890 Robin M. Wright and Manuela Carneiro de Cunha; 20. Native peoples confront colonial regimes in Northeastern South America, c. 1500-1900 Neil L. Whitehead; 21. New peoples and new kinds of people: adaptation, readjustment, and ethnogenesis in South American indigenous societies (Colonial Era) Stuart B. Schwartz and Frank Salomon; 22. The 'Republic of Indians' in revolt (c. 1680-c. 1790) Luis Miguel Glave; 23. Andean highland peasants and the trials of nation-making during the nineteenth century Brooke Larson; 24. Indigenous peoples and the rise of independent nation-states in lowland South America Jonathan D. Hill; 25. Andean people in the twentieth century Xavier Albó; 26. Lowland peoples of the twentieth century David Maybury-Lewis.

Editorial Reviews

"This is an integral volume in a series that is clearly the definitive work on its subject and is likely to remain so for decades to come. Fortunately, it is thorough, consistently well written, amply documented in unobtrusive ways, and a joy to read. In short, anyone who cares about native peoples of South America, in historical perspective, would find this book pleasant as well as fruitful..." Choice

"...both valuable and useful..." American Historical Review

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