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Author Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566.

Title Bartolomé de las Casas; a selection of his writings. / Translated and edited by George Sanderlin
Edition [First edition]
Published New York : Knopf, [1971]

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Description x, 209 pages : portrait ; 19 cm
Series Borzoi books on Latin America
Borzoi books on Latin America.
Contents Historian; the History of the Indies: Prologue: Why he wrote History. A portrait of Columbus. The verdict of Salamanca. San Salvador. Reception in Barcelona. The conquest of Cuba. Magellan and his globe. The character of Cortes.--Autobiographer; autobiography in the History of the Indies: "Are not the Indians men?" The conversion of Las Casas. First battles at court. Black slaves in the New World. Las Casas joins the Dominicans.--Anthropologist; the Apologetic history: The rationality of the American Indian. A description of Cuba. The ill effects of sadness and fear. Indian houses, featherwork, and silverwork. The marketplace of Mexico City. A volcano in Nicaragua. The meanings of "barbarous."--Political thinker, memorials and treatises: A New World utopia. The "Only method" of converting the Indians. A "Very brief account" of Spanish cruelty. Abolish the encomienda! The duty of reparation. A defense of human sacrifice. The restoration of the Indies. A declaration of human rights.--Bibliography (p. [203]-206)
Subject Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America.
SUBJECT Americas -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004256
Spain -- Colonies -- America. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008112262
Author Sanderlin, George William, 1915- editor
LC no. 72147886
ISBN 0394315375 (text edition)
039446978X
Other Titles Selections. English