TravelPulse

Five Fascinating Colonial Destinations in Latin America

Cities throughout Latin America hold historical treasures that are world heritage sites thanks to the enormous cultural value that is recognized by tourists from all over the world. The great colonial ...
Yahoo

Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their religion to the ...
The Art Newspaper

Latin America's colonial art captivates a new generation

Los Angeles today stands on what was once part of Spain’s vast empire in the Americas. Yet the rich artistic heritage of colonial Latin America was, says Ilona Katzew, the head of the Latin American ...
JSTOR Daily

The Diffcult Legacy of Mining in Past and Contemporary Potosí and Ouro Preto

The cities of Potosí (Bolivia) and Ouro Preto (Brazil) have played central economic roles during Latin America’s long colonial history of mineral extraction, feeding the Spanish and Portuguese empires ...
JSTOR Daily

Cultural Maladaptation and Preadaptation in Colonial Honduras: Spaniards vs Black Caribs, 1787-1821

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the late-eighteenth century two separate groups of near equal number, Spanish colonists and the Black Caribs of St. Vincent, arrived at ...
The Conversation

Latin America’s colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition’s attempts to police religion

Tufts University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a ...