Part 1. History and society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th century -- Introduction: History and society in the Americas from the 16th to 19th century. The bigger picture / Josef Raab, Stefan Rinke and Alice Nash -- America / Stefan Rinke -- Atlantic / Ernesto Mercado Montero -- Colonial economies / Juan Marchena Fernandez -- Colonial rule / Eduardo Cavieres -- Columbian exchange / Charles C. Mann -- Conquest and colonization / Christoph Strobel -- Enlightenment / Thomas O. Beebee -- Gender / Maria Amelia Viteri and Cristina Yepez Arroyo -- Independence movements / Roberto Brena -- Indigenous peoples / Alice Nash -- Inter-ethnic relations / Izaskun Alvarez Cuartero -- Language / Lilia Rebeca Rodriguez Torres and Maria del Carmen de la Peza -- Memorial culture / Scott Manning Stevens -- Migration / Silke Hensel -- Nation and state building / Stefan Rinke and Mirko Petersen -- Religion and missionizing / Claude Gelinas -- Slavery / Christine Hatzky -- Unfree labor / Christine Hatzky --

Part 2. History and society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st century -- Introduction: History and society in the Americas in the 20th and 21st century. Inter-American thresholds and critical key concepts / Olaf Kaltmeier, Michael Stewart Foley, and Mario Rufer -- Alter-globalization / Guiomar Rovira -- Biopolitics / Rodrigo Parrini and Nattie Goluvob -- Consumerism / Gustavo Blazquez -- Education / Stefan Peters and Adriana Serrudo -- Ethnicity / Christian Buschges -- Family / Cornelia Giebeler -- Freedom / Donovan Hernandez -- Gender identities / Karina Bidaseca and Julia Roth -- Health / Nuria Homedes and Antonio Ugalde -- Hybridity, mestizaje, creolite / Afef Benessaieh -- Indigeneity / Olaf Kaltmeier -- Intersectionality / Julia Roth -- Latinidad / Luz Angelica Kirschner -- Memory politics / Ludmila Catela Da Silva and Michael Stewart Foley -- Modernization / Frederik Schulze -- Multiculturalism / Eduardo Restrepo -- Popular / Pablo Alabarces -- Postcolonialism and decoloniality / Mario Rufer -- Race / Peter Wade -- Religious beliefs / Heinrich Wilhelm Schafer -- Social movements / Leon Enrique Avila Romero -- Socialism / Marc Becker -- Subcultures / Michael Stewart Foley and Maria del Carmen de la Peza -- Transnational migration / Gilberto Rescher -- Urbanization / Lawrence A. Herzog -- Whiteness / Maria Teresa Garzon Martinez.