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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... savage who could be either noble or debased , but who in any event was not civilized . Such achievements as the city - states of Mexico , Central America , or Peru were either overlooked or else were dismissed as being , at best ...
... savage who could be either noble or debased , but who in any event was not civilized . Such achievements as the city - states of Mexico , Central America , or Peru were either overlooked or else were dismissed as being , at best ...
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... savage meant to be living according to nature , in a manner " closer to that of wild animals than to that of man . ” 4 The beast far outweighed the innocent . Sainte - Palaye said the word sauvage was used in this sense well before the ...
... savage meant to be living according to nature , in a manner " closer to that of wild animals than to that of man . ” 4 The beast far outweighed the innocent . Sainte - Palaye said the word sauvage was used in this sense well before the ...
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... savage was represented during these two centuries as living in the “ infancy of nature ” or , more ideally , in a Golden Age , that concept from classical antiquity that had never ceased to haunt Europeans ' minds . “ They are , in ...
... savage was represented during these two centuries as living in the “ infancy of nature ” or , more ideally , in a Golden Age , that concept from classical antiquity that had never ceased to haunt Europeans ' minds . “ They are , in ...
Contents
PARTI American Discoveries and European Images | 1 |
Early Contacts of Amerindians and Frenchmen | 87 |
Amerindians in Europe | 203 |
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