Cultures in Conflict: Encounters Between European and Non-European Cultures, 1492 - 1800
Author:   Urs Bitterli (University of Zurich)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition:   New edition
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9780745611570


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 April 1993
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Urs Bitterli (University of Zurich)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780745611570


ISBN 10:   0745611575
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   08 April 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Introduction. 1. Types of Cultural Encounter:. Contacts, Collisions, and Relationships. 2. The System of Limited Contacts:. The Portuguese in Africa and Asia. 3. Cultural Collision:. The Spaniards on Hispaniola. 4. Missionary Work as a Cultural Relationship:. The French in Canada. 5. Cultural Relationship as 'Holy Experiment':. The English in Pennsylvania. 6. The `Controlled Relationship':. The Europeans in China. 7. Cultural Contact as a Scientific Challenge:. The English and French in the South Seas. Notes. Index.

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'A delight to read ... a major contribution to colonial history ... it is a book that should influence the research and writing of others, for years to come.' Journal of Historical Geography 'This book deserves a place on the shelf of any scholar interested in the way cultures, cosmologies, and economic systems interact.' The Historian 'Uniquely readable.' Phoblacht / Republican News 'This book will serve for many readers as an English language introduction to the work of the Swiss historian, Urs Bitterli. Besides its interesting interpretations, the book will be valued for its introduction to a large body of documentary sources....' AJPH


'A delight to read ... a major contribution to colonial history ... it is a book that should influence the research and writing of others, for years to come.' Journal of Historical Geography 'This book deserves a place on the shelf of any scholar interested in the way cultures, cosmologies, and economic systems interact.' The Historian 'Uniquely readable.' Phoblacht / Republican News 'This book will serve for many readers as an English language introduction to the work of the Swiss historian, Urs Bitterli. Besides its interesting interpretations, the book will be valued for its introduction to a large body of documentary sources....' AJPH


a A delight to read ... a major contribution to colonial history ... it is a book that should influence the research and writing of others, for years to come.a Journal of Historical Geography a This book deserves a place on the shelf of any scholar interested in the way cultures, cosmologies, and economic systems interact.a The Historian a Uniquely readable.a Phoblacht / Republican News a This book will serve for many readers as an English language introduction to the work of the Swiss historian, Urs Bitterli. Besides its interesting interpretations, the book will be valued for its introduction to a large body of documentary sources...a AJPH


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Urs Bitterli is the author of numerous works on the cultural history of colonization, including Die `Wilden' und die `Zivilizierten'.

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