A Syllabus of Hispanic-American History

Name: A Syllabus of Hispanic-American History
Author: Pierson, William Whatley, Jr.

Pierson, William Whatley, Jr.

Latin America -- History -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.

12. Expulsion of Jesuits, 1767, (Portugal, 1759).

     Required Readings: Shepherd, 49-59; Bourne, 302-319; Keller,
     283-305; Ayme, _Ancient Temples and Cities of the New World_;
     Moses, _Establishment of Spanish Rule_, Chap. IV; ----, _South
     America on the Eve of Emancipation_, 119-142; ----, _Spanish
     Dependencies in South America_, Vol. I, 338-349; 364-380; Vol.
     II, 143-153; 206-232; Smith, 229-248.

     Additional Readings: Acosta, _The Natural and Moral History of
     the Indies_, Vol. II; Lea, _The Inquisition in the Spanish
     Dependencies_; Graham, _A Vanished Arcadia_; Koebel, _In Jesuit
     Land_; Escriche, _Diccionario Razonado de Legislacion_; Palma,
     _Anales de la inquisicion de Lima_; Lowery, _Spanish
     Settlements in the United States_, Vol. I, 339-366; Calle,
     _Memorial y Noticias Sacras_; Chapman, _The Founding of Spanish
     California_ (cf. Index, "Religious Conquest"); Medina,
     _Historia de Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion en
     Mexico_; _Cambridge Modern History_, Vol. X, 253, _et seq._

     D. The Indians and the Labor System.

         1. The aborigines: tribes; number.

             a. Most important families: Araucanians; Arawak; Aymara;
             Aztec; Carib; Charrua; Chibcha; Coconuco; Guarani; Inca;
             Maya; Mojos; Puelche; Quechua; Tapuya; Tupi, etc.

         2. Indian civilization:

             a. The Aztecs of Mexico.

             b. The Incas of Peru.

         3. Treatment of Indians by the Spanish; comparison of this
         treatment with that by other nations.

         4. Reputation of Spaniards for cruelty.

         5. Laws of Spain relative to Indians:

             a. Early regulations; instructions to Columbus; laws of
             Burgos, 1512; laws of 1530.

             b. The "New Laws," 1542.

             c. Labor laws and customs:

                 1. _Encomienda._

                 2. _Repartimiento._

                 3. _Mita._

                 4. Office of _corregidor_.

             d. Indian slavery; service in _obrages_ and _trapiches_;
             effect of labor system on Indians.

             e. Law and practice.

         6. Taxation of Indians.

         7. Work of Las Casas, Nobrega, and Anchieta.

         8. Indian resistance against Spanish system; Tupac-Amaru, II,
         1780-1781.

         9. Importation of negro slaves:

             a. The Spanish theory.

             b. The asiento.

             c. Laws governing negro slave labor.

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A Syllabus of Hispanic-American History

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