 | The Routledge Handbook to the History and Society of the Americas Subjects: Museum and Heritage Studies; Area Studies; Humanities; Politics & International Relations; Culture; American Studies; Latin American & Hispanic Studies; History; U.S. Politics; Religion; Cultural Studies; International Political Economy; American History; Early Modern History 1500-1750; Modern History 1750-1945; Contemporary History 1945-; Imperial & Colonial History; Religious History; History Reference; Social & Cultural History; Political History; Labor History; Latin American History; Environmental History; Religious History; Heritage; Race & Ethnicity; Globalization; Southern Politics; American Political Development; Latino Politics; 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. 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. |
