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An exposition of José de Acosta's Historia natural y moral de las Indias, 1590 : the emergence of an anthropological vision of colonial Latin America / Gregory J. Shepherd.
Penn Museum Library E141 .A28337 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shepherd, Gregory J.
- Series:
- Latin American studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 19.
- Latin American studies ; v. 19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acosta, José de, 1540-1600. Historia natural y moral de las Indias.
- Acosta, José de.
- Indians of Mexico--Historiography.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Indians of South America--Peru--Historiography.
- Indians of South America.
- Natural history--Latin America--Historiography.
- Natural history.
- Ethnology--Latin America--History--16th century.
- Ethnology.
- Colonization.
- Historiography.
- History.
- America--Early accounts to 1600--History and criticism.
- America.
- America--Colonization--Historiography.
- Latin America--Historiography.
- Latin America.
- Acosta, José de, approximately 1539-1600. Historia natural y moral de las Indias.
- Peru.
- Local Subjects:
- Acosta, José de, approximately 1539-1600. Historia natural y moral de las Indias.
- America--Early accounts to 1600--History and criticism.
- America--Colonization--Historiography.
- Latin America--Historiography.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 144 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2002]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The Cultural Context Of Late Sixteenth-Century Peru 7
- The Word in America 12
- Las Casas's Missionary Treatise 16
- Early Missionary Efforts 19
- Contextual Analysis 21
- Biographical Notes on Acosta 24
- Acosta in Peru 27
- Legal and Philosophical Development 29
- Andean Upheaval 35
- Colonial Organization 40
- Arrival of the Jesuits in Peru 50
- Chapter 2 Acosta Reads America
- Ethnological Visions and European Filters 57
- Writing of HNM 60
- Content and Composition of HNM 62
- Structural Influences 65
- Pliny 67
- The Chain of Being 69
- Free Agency 70
- Amerindians as Rational Beings 75
- HNM's Uniqueness 78
- Insertion and Legitimization 80
- European Taxonomies 84
- Cultural Evolution 87
- Hierarchical Categories as Early Anthropology 89
- Formulas 93
- Proemio to DPI 99
- HNM's Categories 107
- Belief System Polarity 113.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-142) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773471251
- OCLC:
- 49312598
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