The Routledge handbook to the history and society of the Americas /

This handbook explores the history and society of the Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined experiences. Forty-four chapters cover a range of concepts and dynamics in the Americas from the colonial period until the present century.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kaltmeier, Olaf, 1970- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2019.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. History and society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th century
  • Introduction: History and society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th century. The bigger picture / Josef Raab, Stefan Rinke and Alice Nash
  • America / Stefan Rinke
  • Atlantic / Ernesto Mercado Montero
  • Colonial economies / Juan Marchena Fernández
  • Colonial rule / Eduardo Cavieres
  • Columbian exchange / Charles C. Mann
  • Conquest and colonization / Christoph Strobel
  • Enlightenment / Thomas O. Beebee
  • Gender / María Amelia Viteri and Cristina Yépez Arroyo
  • Independence movements / Roberto Breña
  • Indigenous peoples / Alice Nash
  • Inter-ethnic relations / Izaskun Álvarez Cuartero
  • Language / Lilia Rebeca Rodríguez Torres and María del Carmen de la Peza
  • Memorial culture / Scott Manning Stevens
  • Migration / Silke Hensel
  • Nation and state building / Stefan Rinke and Mirko Petersen
  • Religion and missionizing / Claude Gélinas
  • Slavery / Christine Hatzky
  • Unfree labor / Christine Hatzky
  • Part 2. History and society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st century
  • Introduction: History and society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st century. Inter-American thresholds and critical key concepts / Olaf Kaltmeier, Michael Stewart Foley, and Mario Rufer
  • Alter-globalization / Guiomar Rovira
  • Biopolitics / Rodrigo Parrini and Nattie Goluvob
  • Consumerism / Gustavo Blázquez
  • Education / Stefan Peters and Adriana Serrudo
  • Ethnicity / Christian Büschges
  • Family / Cornelia Giebeler
  • Freedom / Donovan Hernández
  • Gender identities / Karina Bidaseca and Julia Roth
  • Health / Núria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde
  • Hybridity, mestizaje, creolité / Afef Benessaieh
  • Indigeneity / Olaf Kaltmeier
  • Intersectionality / Julia Roth
  • Latinidad / Luz Angélica Kirschner
  • Memory politics / Ludmila Catela Da Silva and Michael Stewart Foley
  • Modernization / Frederik Schulze
  • Multiculturalism / Eduardo Restrepo
  • Popular / Pablo Alabarces
  • Postcolonialism and decoloniality / Mario Rufer
  • Race / Peter Wade
  • Religious beliefs / Heinrich Wilhelm Schäfer
  • Social movements / León Enrique Ávila Romero
  • Socialism / Marc Becker
  • Subcultures / Michael Stewart Foley and María del Carmen de la Peza
  • Transnational migration / Gilberto Rescher
  • Urbanization / Lawrence A. Herzog
  • Whiteness / María Teresa Garzón Martínez.