Inventing America : Spanish historiography and the formation of Eurocentrism / by José Rabasa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabasa, José, 1948-

Series:

Oklahoma project for discourse and theory ; v. 11.

Oklahoma project for discourse and theory ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography.

Historiography.

America--Early accounts to 1600--History and criticism.

America.

America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish--Historiography.

Physical Description:

xiii, 281 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Inventing A-M-E-R-I-C-A.

Place of Publication:

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1993]

Summary:

In Inventing America, Jose Rabasa presents the view that Columbus's historic act was not a discovery, and still less an encounter. Rather, he considers it the beginning of a process of inventing a New World in the sixteenth century European consciousness. The notion of America as a European invention challenges the popular conception of the New World as a natural entity to be discovered or understood, however imperfectly. This book aims to debunk complacency with the historic, geographic, and cartographic rudiments underlying our present picture of the world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0806124954

OCLC:

26850781