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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The French above all were spurred by a desire to do likewise in areas that had not been reached by them ( Spaniards ) , for they did not esteem themselves less than they , neither in navigation , in feats of arms nor in any other ...
The French above all were spurred by a desire to do likewise in areas that had not been reached by them ( Spaniards ) , for they did not esteem themselves less than they , neither in navigation , in feats of arms nor in any other ...
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Benzoni , Historia del Mondo Nuovo , 1565 . spired by the situation in Brazil and Paraguay , where slave raiding had reached such a point that the Jesuits were having trouble protecting their mission Amerindians from depredations.45 ...
Benzoni , Historia del Mondo Nuovo , 1565 . spired by the situation in Brazil and Paraguay , where slave raiding had reached such a point that the Jesuits were having trouble protecting their mission Amerindians from depredations.45 ...
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The dog took the princess to a which reached such proportions among the literate during remote mountain area , where their descendants were the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , see Belon de “ fond of living in high altitudes ...
The dog took the princess to a which reached such proportions among the literate during remote mountain area , where their descendants were the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , see Belon de “ fond of living in high altitudes ...
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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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