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The Discovery of America & other myths : a new world reader / Thomas Christensen and Carol Christensen, editors

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco : Chronicle Books , c1992Description: 256 p. : illus. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780811801867

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DDC classification:

970.015 DIS

LOC classification:

E111 .D63 1992

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	970.015 DIS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021531

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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.

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