Resilient Cultures de John Kicza

Resilient Cultures

John Kicza

Rebecca Horn

Resilient Cultures examines the character of the indigenous cultures of the Americas before European contact and then considers the impact of colonization by the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English as well as the creative ways in which indigenous cultures adapted to colonization.

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John E. Kicza is the former department of history co-chair at Washington State University. He was as an associate dean of the college of liberal arts at WSU from 2001-2005 and served on the graduate faculty of the American studies program. He is also a former Edward R. Meyer distinguished professor. Kicza received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1979. His fields of expertise are Latin American history and early European overseas culture contacts. His books include The Indian in Latin American History: Resistance, Resilience, and Acculturation (Scholarly Resources, 2000) and The Social History of Spanish America in the National Period (Academia Nacional de la Historia de Venezuela, 1998). His articles, chapters and entries have appeared in such journals as the William and Mary Quarterly, Hispanic American Historical Review, Renaissance Quarterly and the Latin American Research Review. He retired in June 2009.

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Found in this section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents 1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Documents List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Native Societies of the Americas Before Contact Chapter 3 The Conquests and Initial Establishment of Colonies in Latin America Chapter 4 Colonial Spanish America and Its Impact on the Sedentary Imperial Societies Chapter 5 Spanish and Portuguese Interactions with Semisedentary and Nonsedentary Peoples Chapter 6 Native Responses to Settlement in the East and Southwest in North America Chapter 7 The British and the Indians of Eastern North America Chapter 8 Enduring Connections between the New World and the Old Bibliography Index 2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Documents List of Illustrations Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Native Societies of the Americas Before Contact The Coming of Humans to the Americas and the Agricultural Revolution Sedentary Imperial Societies Landholding Patterns and Forms of Production and Distribution Empires and Warfare Semisedentary Societies The Primacy of Community and Lineage Nonsedentary Hunters and Gatherers The Native Population of the Americas on the Eve of Contact Conclusion Select Bibliography Endnotes Chapter 3: The Conquests and Initial Establishment of Colonies in Latin America The European Setting Iberia's Early Efforts at Exploration Spaniards in the Caribbean Organization and Functioning of Spanish Expeditions of Conquest Conquest of the Sedentary Imperial Societies Conquest of Semisedentary and Nonsedentary Peoples Conclusion Select Bibliography Endnotes Chapter 4: Colonial Spanish America and Its Impact on the Sedentary Imperial Societies Spanish Colonists and Their Expectations Retention of Indigenous Provincial Organization Fragmentation and Its Impact Demographic Collapse and Its Consequences Tribute and Labor Service Systems Urban Indians Race Mixture and Its Recognition Creative Adaptations at the Local Level Changes in Material Culture The Christianization of Native Peoples The Cult of the Saints Language and Cultural Change in Mesoamerican Communities The Character of Native Revolts The Impact of Eighteenth-Century Population Growth Conclusion Select Bibliography Endnotes Chapter 5: Spanish and Portuguese Interactions with Semisedentary and Nonsedentary Peoples Migration and an Enduring Frontier among the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula Muted Transformations among the Pacified Maya The Portuguese and the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil Spanish Settlement among the Guarani of Greater Paraguay The Araucanians of Southern Chile Limited Spanish Success against the Hunter-Gatherers of the Mexican Desert North Missions in Northern Mexico Conclusion Select Bibliography Endnotes Chapter 6: Native Responses to Settlement in the East and Southwest in North America Spain in Eastern North America Spain in the American Southwest The French Arrival in Canada The French Avoidance of Conflicts over Land and Authority The Fur Trade and the Huron French Warfare against the Iroquois French Settlement along the St. Lawrence in the Eighteenth Century The Canadian West and Mississippi River Valley in the Eighteenth Century The Dutch in New Netherland The Dutch Fur Trade at Fort Orange Dutch Settlement around New Amsterdam and Its Impact on the Native Peoples Conclusion Select Bibliography Endnotes Chapter 7: The British and the Indians of Eastern North America Early English Undertakings in North America Jamestown and English Settlement in the Chesapeake Puritan Settlement in New England and the Rapid Transformation of the Local Peoples The Iroquois in the Eighteenth Century The Carolinas in the Eighteenth Century Native Peoples West of the Appalachians in the Eighteenth Century Conclusion Select Bibliography Endnotes Chapter 8: Enduring Connections between the New World and the Old The Movement of Peoples The Movement of Diseases The Movement of Animals The Movement of Plants The Movement of Precious Metals By Way of Conclusion-Enduring Patterns in the Americas Select Bibliography Endnotes Bibliography Index

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