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Another face of empire : Bartolome de las Casas, indigenous rights, and ecclesiastical imperialism / Daniel Castro.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Castro, Daniel, 1945-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Latin America otherwise.
Latin America otherwise
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566.
Casas, Bartolomé de las.
Explorers--America--Biography.
Explorers.
Explorers--Spain--Biography.
Missionaries--America--Biography.
Missionaries.
Missionaries--Spain--Biography.
Indians, Treatment of.
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
America.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (247 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Investigates role that Las Casas played in the evolution of Spanish imperialism and 16th century arguments about human rights, and claims that scholars have overestimated the extent to which he helped indigenous people.
Contents:
Defining and possessing
American crucible
Conversions, utopias, and ecclesiastical imperialism
Theory and praxis
Toward a restoration of the Indies
The legacy of Las Casas.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-227) and index.
ISBN:
9786613023063
9781283023061
1283023067
9780822389590
0822389592
OCLC:
226067773

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