aesthetics
andes
anthropology
art history
aztec
aztec poetry
brazil
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christopher columbus
colonialism
conquest
conquest of mexico
cortes
cultural consequences
discovery
discovery of the americas
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european expansion
european history
expansionism
gender studies
gold
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incas
innovative
latin american history
literary criticism
native peoples
new mexico
new world
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resistance
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travel narratives
united states history
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520080218
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 12 Mar 1993
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The discovery of the Indies, wrote Francisco Lopez de Gomara in 1552, was "the greatest event since the creation of the world, excepting the Incarnation and Death of Him who created it." Five centuries have not diminished either the overwhelming importance or the strangeness of the early encounter between Europeans and American peoples. This collection of essays, encompassing history, literary criticism, art history, and anthropology, offers a fresh and innovative approach to the momentous encounter.
Stephen Greenblatt is The Class of 1932 Professor of English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Two of his publications, Shakespearean Negotiations: The Circulation of Social Energy in Renaissance England and Representing the English Renaissance (of which he is the editor) are available in paperback from California. His most recent book is Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New World (1991).
