The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the AmericasA classic study of early contact between European explorers and North American natives. When the two cultures met in the fifteenth century, it meant great upheavals for the Amerindians, but strengthened the Europeans' move toward nation-states and capitalism. |
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Page 144
Palma Cayet had written that the whiter the man , the darker he would become after living a few years in Barbarie . " He illustrated this with the example of Dom Christophe , eldest son of King Dom Antoine , who after three years in ...
Palma Cayet had written that the whiter the man , the darker he would become after living a few years in Barbarie . " He illustrated this with the example of Dom Christophe , eldest son of King Dom Antoine , who after three years in ...
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... subjects of goodwill to help influence the peoples of these lands to believe in the holy faith ... in consideration of which ... we have decided to send Cartier back again.41 By this time Saint - Malo had become a center of activity ...
... subjects of goodwill to help influence the peoples of these lands to believe in the holy faith ... in consideration of which ... we have decided to send Cartier back again.41 By this time Saint - Malo had become a center of activity ...
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100 But the idea of reducing nomadism did not die , particularly as the Jesuits had become convinced that the failure was caused by the attempt to settle Amerindians next to French . Contact with Europeans , instead of inspiring ...
100 But the idea of reducing nomadism did not die , particularly as the Jesuits had become convinced that the failure was caused by the attempt to settle Amerindians next to French . Contact with Europeans , instead of inspiring ...
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Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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| Title | The Myth of the Savage and the Beginnings of French Colonialism in the Americas |
| Author | Olive Patricia Dickason |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0888640366, 9780888640369 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Canada / General Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social |
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