A highly readable survey of women's experiences in Latin America from the late fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries.

Surveying the varied experiences of women in colonial Spanish and Portuguese America, this book traces the effects of conquest, colonisation, and settlement on

"This outstanding collection makes available for the first time a remarkable range of primary sources that will enrich courses on women as well as Latin America

This second edition is a concise history of Latin America from the Aztecs and Incas to Independence.

Now featuring scholarship published since the first edition, revised lists of recommended readings that include important books published since 1988, and append