Another Face of Empire - Bartolome De Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, Ecclesiastical

Investigates role that Las Casas played in the evolution of Spanish imperialism and 16th century arguments about human rights, and claims that scholars have overestimated the extent to which he helped indigenous people.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Series ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Savior of Indoamerica? 1

1. Defining and Possessing 17

2. American Crucible 40

3. Conversions, Utopias, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism 63

4. Theory and Praxis 105

5. Toward a Restoration of the Indies 135

6. The Legacy of Las Casas 150

Conclusion 177

Notes 187

Bibliography 215

Index 229

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Daniel Castro

Zusammenfassung

Investigates role that Las Casas played in the evolution of Spanish imperialism and 16th century arguments about human rights, and claims that scholars have overestimated the extent to which he helped indigenous people.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Daniel Castro
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.01.2007
• EAN: 9780822339304
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3930-4
• Seiten: 248
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu; Latin America Otherwise; Latin America Otherwise: Langu
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Allgemeines, Lexika