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The Conquest of America: The Question of the Other. Trans Richard

By: Todorov, Tzvetan Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Harper, 1999Description: 274pISBN: 9780806131375Subject(s): America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish | Indians -- First contact with EuropeansDDC classification: 970.016

Contents:

Pt. 1: Discovery -- The discovery of America -- Columbus as interpreter -- Columbus and the Indians -- Pt. 2: Conquest -- The reasons for the victory -- Montezuma and signs -- Cortés and signs -- Pt. 3: Love -- Understanding, taking possession, and destroying -- Equality or inequality -- Enslavement, colonialism, and communication -- Pt. 4: Knowledge -- Typology of relations to the other -- Durán, or the hybridization of cultures -- Sahagún and his work -- Pt. 5: Epilogue -- Las Casa's prophecy.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	970.016 TOD/C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		050895

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Pt. 1: Discovery --
The discovery of America --
Columbus as interpreter --
Columbus and the Indians --
Pt. 2: Conquest --
The reasons for the victory --
Montezuma and signs --
Cortés and signs --
Pt. 3: Love --
Understanding, taking possession, and destroying --
Equality or inequality --
Enslavement, colonialism, and communication --
Pt. 4: Knowledge --
Typology of relations to the other --
Durán, or the hybridization of cultures --
Sahagún and his work --
Pt. 5: Epilogue --
Las Casa's prophecy.

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