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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... example , dancing in the disguise of Orca could draw a year's penitence . 86 The frequent reports throughout this period of hairy men in far - off places indicate that the Wild Man was thought actually to exist . Pliny , for example ...
... example , dancing in the disguise of Orca could draw a year's penitence . 86 The frequent reports throughout this period of hairy men in far - off places indicate that the Wild Man was thought actually to exist . Pliny , for example ...
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... example , Magnus , Histoire des Pays Septentrionaux . Here we have the bon sauvage in a northern European setting . 18. Cicero , De Natura Deorum 1.16.43 . 19. Campbell , Mythic Image , 170-75 . Later , missionaries would be astonished ...
... example , Magnus , Histoire des Pays Septentrionaux . Here we have the bon sauvage in a northern European setting . 18. Cicero , De Natura Deorum 1.16.43 . 19. Campbell , Mythic Image , 170-75 . Later , missionaries would be astonished ...
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... examples of such Amerindians , see James Walker , " The Indian in Canadian Historical Writing , " 21-47 . 60. Gómara ... example , cosmographer Petrus Bertius wrote that the people of the New World were stupid because they did not value ...
... examples of such Amerindians , see James Walker , " The Indian in Canadian Historical Writing , " 21-47 . 60. Gómara ... example , cosmographer Petrus Bertius wrote that the people of the New World were stupid because they did not value ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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