Spaniards in the Colonial Empire: Creoles vs. Peninsulars?

Series Editor’s Preface ix

Preface xi

Maps xvi

1 Spain and Its Early Empire in America 1

2 Native Sons and Daughters in the Church 28

3 Native Sons in Office 59

4 The Heyday of Native Sons and Daughters, circa 1630–1750 84

5 Reforms, Commentaries, and Officials, 1750–1808 110

6 The Church, Complaints, and Social Change, 1750–1808 129

7 From Abdications to Independence 149

Glossary 172

Notes 178

Suggestions for Further Reading 184

Index 193