The colonial economy / Arnold J. Bauer -- Material life / Eric van Young -- Agrarian technology and changing ecosystems / Juan Carlos Garavaglia -- The landed elite / Stuart Schwartz -- The clergy / John F. Schwaller -- Middle groups / Lowell Gudmundson -- Blacks / Herbert S. Klein -- Indigenous peoples / Cheryl English Martin -- Conflict, violence, and resistance / Ward Stavig -- Interpretations of the colonial countryside / Louisa Schell Hoberman.