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Conquest: The Destruction of the American Indios
Massimo Livi-Bacci
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Description for Conquest: The Destruction of the American Indios
Hardback. The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. In this book Livi Bacci argues that the catastrophe was not the inevitable outcome of contact with Europeans but was a function of both the methods of the conquest and the characteristics of the subjugated societies. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
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The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. What were the causes?
The surviving documentation is extraordinarily rich: conquistadors, religious figures, administrators, officials, and merchants kept records, carried out inquiries, and issued edicts. The native world, for its part, has also left eloquent traces of events...
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745640006
SKU
V9780745640006
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About Massimo Livi-Bacci
Massimo Livi-Bacci is Professor of Demography at the University of Florence.
Reviews for Conquest: The Destruction of the American Indios
"An impressive argument for a more complex way of understanding the conquest of what is now Latin America than the single-cause explanations that have been dominant for the past several decades. The translation is lucid and easy to follow, and the generous contemporary illustrations of the life of the Indios at the time of conquest further enrich the text." Population...
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