This collection of essays offers alternative readings of historical and literary texts produced during Latin America's colonial period. By considering the polit

Prize-winning historian Robert Gildea dissects the legacy of empire for the former colonial powers and their subjects.

Colonial encounters between indigenous peoples and European state powers are overarching themes in the historical archaeology of the modern era, and postcolonia

Narratives of Persistence charts the remarkable persistence of California's Ohlone and Paipai people over the past five centuries. Lee M. Panich draws connectio

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