| Description |
xvii, 264 pages ; 24 cm |
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Spanish language |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index. |
| Contents |
Gómara and the politics of consensus. History as influence: the emperor and the conqueror -- Historiography and empire-building -- In the service of the king: historians and administrators -- Contested histories in a changing discursive landscape -- The authority of discourse: the Historia general and the world of Fernando Cortés -- The limits of consensus: Gómara under attack -- Territories of redemption in the New World. Geography and culture in the colonial world -- Territoriality and sacred history -- History, cartography, and dominion: establishing rights of conquest -- The Indies and human diversity -- To inherit the world: human intellect and dominion -- Exchange as a narrative of imperial expansion. Christian rhetoric, economic ends -- The discovery and the historical tradition -- The humble beginnings of the empire -- Exchange as a system of colonization -- Justice and the dynamics of intercultural relations -- Searching for a common good: imperialism as a form of reciprocity -- Gómara and the destruction of the Indies -- Ruling the Indians: the king and his despots -- The infamy of Spain and the conquistadors -- Imperialism and desire -- Lordship and masculinity -- The patriarchal life of the conquistador. |
| Language |
Translated from Spanish. |
| Subject |
López de Gómara, Francisco, 1511-1564. Historia general de las Indias.
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America -- Early accounts to 1600 -- History and criticism.
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America. |
| Chronological Term |
Early accounts to 1600 |
| Subject |
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism.
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Discoveries in geography. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
| Subject |
Indians, Treatment of -- Historiography.
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Indians, Treatment of -- Historiography. |
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Indians, Treatment of. |
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Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography.
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Spain. |
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Colonies. |
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Historiography. |
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Imperialism -- History -- 16th century -- Historiography.
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Imperialism. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Historiography.
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| ISBN |
0870818139 alkaline paper |
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