Title The conquest of America : the question of the other / Tzvetan Todorov ; translated from the French by Richard Howard

Edition First edition Published New York : Harper & Row, [1984] ©1984

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Description x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contents 1. Discovery -- The discovery of America -- Columbus as interpreter -- Columbus and the Indians -- 2. Conquest -- The reasons for the victory -- Montezuma and signs -- Cortes and signs -- 3. Love -- Understanding, taking possession, and destroying -- Equality or inequality -- Enslavement, colonialism, and communication -- 4. Knowledge -- Typology of relations to the other -- Duran, or the hybridization of cultures -- Sahagun and his work -- Epilogue -- Las Casas's prophecy Analysis America Discovery and exploration Spanish Indians of Central America First contact with Europeans Indians of Mexico First contact with Europeans Indians of the West Indies First contact with Europeans Notes Translation of: La conquête de l'Amérique Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index Subject Indians of Central America -- First contact with Europeans. Indians of Central America -- First contact with Occidental civilization Indians of Mexico -- First contact with Europeans. Indians of Mexico -- First contact with Occidental civilization Indians of the West Indies -- First contact with Europeans. Indians of the West Indies -- First contact with Occidental civilization Indians -- First contact with Europeans -- Central America. Indians -- First contact with Europeans -- Mexico. Indians -- First contact with Europeans -- West Indies. Indians -- First contact with Europeans. Indians, Treatment of. SUBJECT Americas -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004256 LC no. 83047545 ISBN 0060151803 0060912146 0806131373 9780060151805 9780060912147 9780806131375

Other Titles Conquête de l'Amérique. English

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