The Discovery of America & other myths : a new world reader
The Discovery of America & other myths : a new world reader
/ Thomas Christensen and Carol Christensen, editors
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books , c1992
- 256 p. : illus. ; 23 cm.
Includes biographical references and index.
Did the arrival of Europeans five centuries ago bring the benefits of western Civilization to a New World of barbarians, or did it bring death, slavery, and teror to long-established cultures? This controversial anthology brings together historical texts and contemporary fiction and essays that re-explore the conquest of the Americas and reveal issues that are still burning in the literature and imagination of the hemisphere.
English
9780811801867
Columbus, Christopher (, 1451-1506) ---Influence
Indians---First contact with Europeans
America---Discovery and exploration---Spanish
E111 / .D63 1992
970.015 DIS
Includes biographical references and index.
Did the arrival of Europeans five centuries ago bring the benefits of western Civilization to a New World of barbarians, or did it bring death, slavery, and teror to long-established cultures? This controversial anthology brings together historical texts and contemporary fiction and essays that re-explore the conquest of the Americas and reveal issues that are still burning in the literature and imagination of the hemisphere.
English
9780811801867
Columbus, Christopher (, 1451-1506) ---Influence
Indians---First contact with Europeans
America---Discovery and exploration---Spanish
E111 / .D63 1992
970.015 DIS
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