The Routledge Handbook to the History and Society of the Americas

The colonial heritage and its renewed aftermaths – expressed in the inter-American experiences of slavery, indigeneity, dependence, and freedom movements, to mention only a few aspects – form a common ground of experience in the Western Hemisphere. The flow of peoples, goods, knowledge and finances have promoted interdependence and integration that cut across borders and link the countries of North and South America together. The nature of this transversally related and multiply interconnected region can only be captured through a transnational, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive approach. The Routledge Handbook to the History and Society of the Americas explores the history and society of the Americas, placing particular emphasis on collective and intertwined experiences. Forty-four chapters cover a range of concepts and dynamics in the Americas from the colonial period until the present century:The shared histories and dynamics of Inter-American relationships are considered through pre-Hispanic empires, colonization, European hegemony, migration, multiculturalism, and political and economic interdependences. Key concepts are selected and explored from different geopolitical, disciplinary, and epistemological perspectives. Highlighting the contested character of key concepts that are usually defined in strict disciplinary terms, the Handbook provides the basis for a better and deeper understanding of inter-American entanglements. This multidisciplinary approach will be of interest to a broad array of academic scholars and students in history, sociology, political science cultural, postcolonial, gender, literary, and globalization studies.

General IntroductionPart I History and Society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th CenturyIntroduction: History and Society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th Century. The Bigger PictureJosef Raab, Stefan Rinke and Alice NashAmericaStefan RinkeAtlanticErnesto Mercado MonteroColonial EconomiesJuan Marchena FernándezColonial RuleEduardo CavieresColumbian ExchangeCharles C. MannConquest and Colonization Christoph StrobelEnlightenmentThomas O. BeebeeGenderMaría Amelia Viteri and Cristina Yépez ArroyoIndependence MovementsRoberto BreñaIndigenous PeoplesAlice NashInter-ethnic RelationsIzaskun Álvarez CuarteroLanguageLilia Rebeca Rodríguez Torres and María del Carmen de la PezaMemorial CultureScott Manning StevensMigrationSilke HenselNation and State BuildingStefan Rinke and Mirko PetersenReligion and MissionizingClaude GélinasSlaveryChristine HatzkyUnfree LaborChristine HatzkyPart II History and Society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st CenturyIntroduction: History and Society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st Century. Inter-American Thresholds and Critical Key ConceptsOlaf Kaltmeier, Michael Stewart Foley, and Mario RuferAlter-GlobalizationGuiomar RoviraBiopoliticsRodrigo Parrini and Nattie GoluvobConsumerismGustavo BlázquezEducationStefan Peters and Adriana SerrudoEthnicityChristian BüschgesFamilyCornelia GiebelerFreedom Donovan HernándezGender Identities Karina Bidaseca and Julia RothHealth Núria Homedes and Antonio UgaldeHybridity, Mestizaje, CreolitéAfef BenessaiehIndigeneityOlaf KaltmeierIntersectionalityJulia RothLatinidadLuz Angélica KirschnerMemory PoliticsLudmila Catela Da Silva and Michael Stewart FoleyModernizationFrederik SchulzeMulticulturalismEduardo RestrepoPopularPablo AlabarcesPostcolonialism and DecolonialityMario RuferRacePeter WadeReligious BeliefsHeinrich Wilhelm SchäferSocial MovementsLeón Enrique Ávila RomeroSocialismMarc BeckerSubculturesMichael Stewart Foley and María del Carmen de la PezaTransnational Migration Gilberto Rescher UrbanizationLawrence A. HerzogWhitenessMaría Teresa Garzón Martínez

Olaf Kaltmeier is Professor for Ibero-American History and Director of the Center for Inter-American Studies (CIAS) at Bielefeld University, Germany. Josef Raab is Professor of North American Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Michael Stewart Foley is Professor of American Civilization at the Université Grenoble Alpes. Alice Nash is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, USA. Stefan Rinke is Professor of History at the Latin American Institute and the Friedrich Meinecke-Institute of Freie Universität Berlin. Mario Rufer is Professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco, Mexico.