New World Encounters (eBook)

Stephen Greenblatt (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
344 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-91310-3 (ISBN)

Infos

The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lopez de Gomara in 1552, was "e;the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it."e; Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importance or the strangeness of the early encounter between Europeans and American peoples. This collection of essays, encompassing history, literary criticism, art history, and anthropology, offers a fresh and innovative approach to the momentous encounter.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993.The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lopez de Gomara in 1552, was "e;the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it."e; Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importanc</DIV

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.4.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Representations Books
• Reihe/Serie: Representations Books
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Aesthetics • Andes • Anthropology • Art History • aztec • aztec poetry • Brazil • Christopher Columbus • Colonialism • ConQuest • conquest of mexico • Cortes • cultural consequences • Discovery • discovery of the americas • European expansion • European History • expansionism • Gender Studies • Gold • History • Incas • Innovative • Latin American History • Literary criticism • Native Peoples • New Mexico • New World • rasu niti • representation books • resistance • Survival • toqui oncoy • travel narratives • United States history • visual evidence
• ISBN-10: 0-520-91310-8 / 0520913108
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-91310-3 / 9780520913103