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Author: Bartolomé de Las Casas ,
Bill Donovan (Bellarmine University) ,
Herma Briffault
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.30cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.181kg
ISBN: 9780801844300
ISBN 10: 0801844304
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 28 March 1992
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
Bartolome de Las Casas's critical account of the impact that the Spaniards had on the new continent has long been recognized as one of the major sources for the study on the interaction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century. The present translation of The Devastation of the Indies is based on the 1965 edition and appeared for the first time in 1974. The reprint is now accompanied by a penetrating introduction by Bill M. Donovan... All this makes the introduction to a provocative and stimulating essay, preparing the reader for the actual text by Las Casas. -- Albrecht Classen * Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association * [Does] justice to the heartfelt message of Bartolome de las Casas. * British Bulletin of Publications *
Bartolomi de Las Casas's critical account of the impact that the Spaniards had on the new continent has long been recognized as one of the major sources for the study on the interraction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century. The present translation of 'The Devastation of the Indies' is based on the 1965 edition and appeared for the first time in 1974. The reprint is now accompanied by a penetrating introduction by Bill M. Donovan...All this makes the introduction to a provocative and stimulating essay, preparing the reader for the actual text by Las Casas. --Albrecht Classen, 'Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association' [Does] justice to the heartfelt message of Bartolomi de las Casas. '--British Bulletin of Publications' The book's sensational effect provides an early example of the power of the press...The topicality of the book is monstrous, has a penetratingly contemporary smell to it. [But] Las Casas is not our contemporary. His report treats of colonialism in its earliest stage; that is, of robbery pure and simple, of unconcealed plundering. --Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Bartolome de Las Casas's critical account of the impact that the Spaniards had on the new continent has long been recognized as one of the major sources for the study on the interaction between whites and American Indians during the sixteenth century. The present translation of The Devastation of the Indies is based on the 1965 edition and appeared for the first time in 1974. The reprint is now accompanied by a penetrating introduction by Bill M. Donovan... All this makes the introduction to a provocative and stimulating essay, preparing the reader for the actual text by Las Casas. -- Albrecht Classen Journal of the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association [Does] justice to the heartfelt message of Bartolome de las Casas. British Bulletin of Publications
Author Information
Bill M. Donovan teaches Latin American history of Loyola College in Baltimore.
