Bury them in bureaucracy The Radical Spanish Empire Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters Harvard University Press, 2026. 472 pp.

Key Points

• This research examines how indigenous challenges shaped the processes and outcomes of Spanish colonization in Latin America.
• Analysis of historical texts and documents regarding Spanish colonization and indigenous responses.
• Comparison of different indigenous groups' resistance and their impacts on colonial governance.
• Indigenous resistance significantly altered colonial policies and practices.
• The authors highlight specific instances where indigenous actions directly influenced the bureaucracy of the Spanish Empire.