Conquest: the destruction of the american indios
Auteur :
Livi-Bacci, Massimo
Éditeur :
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN :
9780745640013
Date de publication :
13 déc. 2007
Dimensions :
20,8 x 14,0 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
463 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.