Front Matter
Introduction / Thomas H Holloway
Early Population Flows in the Western Hemisphere / Tom D Dillehay
Mesoamerica / John Monaghan, Andrew R Wyatt
Tradition and Change in the Central Andes / Jeffrey Quilter
Portuguese and Spaniards in the Age of European Expansion / William D Phillips, Carla Rahn Phillips
Exploration and Conquest / Patricia Seed
Colonial Brazil (1500-1822) / Hal Langfur
Institutions of the Spanish American Empire in the Hapsburg Era / Susan Elizabeth Ramirez
Indigenous Peoples in Colonial Spanish American Society / Kevin Terraciano
Slavery in the Americas / Franklin W Knight
Religion, Society, and Culture in the Colonial Era / Rachel Sarah O'Toole
Imperial Rivalries and Reforms / John Fisher
The Process of Spanish American Independence / Jaime E Rodriguez O
New Nations and New Citizens: Political Culture in Nineteenth-Century Mexico, Peru, and Argentina / Sarah C Chambers
Imperial Brazil (1822-89) / Judy Bieber
Abolition and Afro-Latin Americans / Aline Helg
Land, Labor, Production, and Trade: Nineteenth-century Economic and Social Patterns / Aldo A Lauria-Santiago
Modernization and Industrialization / Colin M Lewis
Practical Sovereignty: The Caribbean Region and the Rise of US Empire / Mary A Renda
The Mexican Revolution / Adrian A Bantjes
Populism and Developmentalism / Joel Wolfe
The Cuban Revolution / Luis Martinez-Fernandez
The National Security State / David R Mares
Central America in Upheaval / Julie A Charlip
Culture and Society: Latin America since 1900 / Robert McKee Irwin
Environmental History of Modern Latin America / Lise Sedrez
Women, Gender, and Family in Latin America, 1820-2000 / Nara Milanich
Identity, Ethnicity, and 'Race' / Peter Wade
Social and Economic Impact of Neoliberalism / Duncan Green.