Spanish Peru, 1532-60: A Social History: A Social History (2, Revised) - Softcover

Lockhart, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299141640 ISBN 13: 9780299141646

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994

Synopsis

This study, based on a large mass of data, gives a picture of Peruvian society in its formative stages. It describes the nature of Spanish colonisation in the New World, providing a broad, but intimate portrait of an entire society. This edition has updated terminology and new footnotes.

About this title

About the Author:

James Lockhart is Professor Emeritus of History at UCLA. He is the author of The Nahuas After the Conquest (Stanford University Press, 1992) and much else in Nahuatl studies. Susan Schroeder is France Vinton Scholes Professor of Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University. She is the author of Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco (1991), and has edited other works of Chimalpahin. Doris Namala is Lecturer at Loyola Marymount University and author of the dissertation ""Chimalpahin in His Time,"" now being developed into a book.

From the Back Cover:

When Spanish Peru, 1532-1560 was published in 1968, it was acclaimed as an innovative study of the early Spanish presence in Peru. It has since become a classic of the literature in Spanish American social history to the field and notable for its broad yet intimate picture of the functioning of an entire society. In this second edition, James Lockhart provides a new conclusion and preface, updated terminology, and additional footnotes.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0299141640
• ISBN 13: 9780299141646
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Brandenberger David