John Donne lived a life of contradiction. Born to a Catholic family of martyrs and exiles, he fought in the war against Spain, converted to Anglicanism and was appointed to a diplomatic position of so
Policies concerning marriage, morality, and intimacy were central to the efforts of the Spanish monarchy to maintain social control in colonial Charcas. The Bourbon Crown depended on the patriarchal,
"In Santa Bâarbara's Legacy : an Environmental History of Huancavelica, Peru, Nicholas A. Robins presents the first comprehensive environmental history of a mercury producing region in Latin America.
On the basis of an examination of the colonial mercury and silver production processes and related labor systems, Mercury, Mining, and Empire explores the effects of mercury pollution in colonial Huan
This book investigates three Indian revolts in the Americas: the 1680 uprising of the Pueblo Indians against the Spanish; the Great Rebellion in Bolivia, 1780–82; and the Caste War of Yucatan that beg
During the Great Rebellion in Upper Peru of the early 1780s, the Catholic Church and its ministers were consistent targets of attacks by Indian rebels. Robins (Ph.D., Tulane U.) examines conflicts bet
In the last two decades, the field of comparative genocide studies has produced an increasingly rich literature on the targeting of various groups for extermination and other atrocities, throughout hi