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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... nature , and Christians to dominate the world , did nothing to mitigate their conviction that Europeans were indeed the " true men , ” and that New World men were of an inferior order . Amerindians , finding themselves outclassed ...
... nature , and Christians to dominate the world , did nothing to mitigate their conviction that Europeans were indeed the " true men , ” and that New World men were of an inferior order . Amerindians , finding themselves outclassed ...
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... nature gives them . ” 13 In his adverse aspect , the savage was “ a statue of flesh and blood , an artificial man who could only be moved by the use of force . " 14 He was without heart for his natural responsibilities , had no eye for ...
... nature gives them . ” 13 In his adverse aspect , the savage was “ a statue of flesh and blood , an artificial man who could only be moved by the use of force . " 14 He was without heart for his natural responsibilities , had no eye for ...
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... nature at their peril . But in sixteenth- and seventeenth - century Europe , the world of nature was seen as having been created for man's benefit . It was the task of man , created in God's image , to reduce nature to human concepts of ...
... nature at their peril . But in sixteenth- and seventeenth - century Europe , the world of nature was seen as having been created for man's benefit . It was the task of man , created in God's image , to reduce nature to human concepts of ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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