Spanish
Peru, 1532–1560
A Social History
Second Edition
James Lockhart
"A provocative and brilliant contribution." —Woodrow
Borah, Manuscripta
When Spanish Peru, 1532–1560 was published in 1968,
it was acclaimed as an innovative study of the early Spanish
presence in Peru. It has since become a classic of the literature
in Spanish American social history, important in helping to introduce
career-pattern history to the field and notable for its broad
yet intimate picture of the functioning of an entire society.
In this second edition, James Lockhart provides a new conclusion
and preface, updated terminology, and additional footnotes.
Praise for the first edition of Spanish
Peru:
"Distinguished... a major contribution.... Lockhart
has ingeniously pulled together a large mass of data to help
develop a totally new picture of Peruvian society in its formative
stages. He has also given new insights into the nature of Spanish
colonization in the New World and provided a model study for
future research in other areas of the Spanish empire in America."—John
J. TePaske, Hispanic American Historical Review
"[A] brilliant achievement.... Into these excellent general
surveys Lockhart has introduced a rich detail of specific case
histories to point out the particular and the general trends
as expressed through the lives of individuals. The result... is a major breakthrough in American colonial society studies."—Herbert
Klein, Journal of Social History
"Fully documented and excellently synthesized, it is social
history with major economic implications. Standing alongside
and complementing what has been written on the military, administrative,
church, and intellectual aspects of the early history of the
colony, it fills an imperative need. The first comprehensive
study of Peruvian civil society in the first decades of colonization,
it is replete with new information, ideas, and interpretations."—Robert
S. Chamberlain, New Mexico Historical Review
"An outstanding analysis... a significant contribution,
admirably documented and fascinatingly written, that will do
much to make readers aware of the social context in which the
conquerors of Peru, their ideas, and their institutions had to
function."—Raymond E. Crist, Americas
James Lockhart is professor of history at the University
of California, Los Angeles. He is known for his work in early
Latin American social history and Indian-language ethnohistory.
He is the author of The Men of Cajamarca, The Nahuas After
Conquest, and Nahuas and Spaniards, in addition to
co-authoring and co-editing a number of other books.
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February 1994
LC: 93-023338 F
352 pp. 6 x 9
5 halftones, 3 line illus., 1 map
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