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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... majority of societies were without states . Their characteristics were the ones Europeans attributed to the New World . The most striking of these characteristics were that the people for the most part wore few , if any , clothes and ...
... majority of societies were without states . Their characteristics were the ones Europeans attributed to the New World . The most striking of these characteristics were that the people for the most part wore few , if any , clothes and ...
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... majority opinion had Amerindians in league with the Devil.22 From there it was but a short step to the opinions expressed by Spain's official historian , Oviedo , who represented Amerindians as “ naturally lazy and vicious , melancholic ...
... majority opinion had Amerindians in league with the Devil.22 From there it was but a short step to the opinions expressed by Spain's official historian , Oviedo , who represented Amerindians as “ naturally lazy and vicious , melancholic ...
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... majority of New World cultures . The logical conclusion of this line of thinking , as well as of the negative form of description , was another negative , the concept of New World society as essentially non - human.78 Sometimes ...
... majority of New World cultures . The logical conclusion of this line of thinking , as well as of the negative form of description , was another negative , the concept of New World society as essentially non - human.78 Sometimes ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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