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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... and exhibit more evidence of industry , both on the part of the men and the women.24 “ Cannibal ” derives from a Carib word meaning “ valiant man , ” an appellation which soon turned out to be apt from the European point of view .
... and exhibit more evidence of industry , both on the part of the men and the women.24 “ Cannibal ” derives from a Carib word meaning “ valiant man , ” an appellation which soon turned out to be apt from the European point of view .
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23 Dominican friar Tomas Ortiz had been hardly more complimentary in 1525 when he told the Council of the Indies that Amerindians had no justice , no respect for law and truth , exercised none of the human arts and industries , and were ...
23 Dominican friar Tomas Ortiz had been hardly more complimentary in 1525 when he told the Council of the Indies that Amerindians had no justice , no respect for law and truth , exercised none of the human arts and industries , and were ...
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Neither was Spain , despite her stronger legal position , and her profitable whale oil industry in the Straits of Belle Isle . France was left to accept the challenge of colonizing the North , an undertaking in ...
Neither was Spain , despite her stronger legal position , and her profitable whale oil industry in the Straits of Belle Isle . France was left to accept the challenge of colonizing the North , an undertaking in ...
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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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