The conquest of the New World / Helen Cothran, book editor.
Material type: TextSeries: At issue in historyPublisher: San Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Description: 144 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0737712740
- 9780737712742
- 0737712732
- 9780737712735
- Columbus, Christopher
- Columbus, Christopher -- Ethics
- Indians of North America -- First contact with Europeans
- Indians, Treatment of
- Conquerors -- America -- History
- Explorers -- America -- History
- America -- Discovery and exploration
- America -- Colonization
- America -- Colonization -- Social aspects
- 970.01 22
- E101 .C73 2002
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 970.01 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A401244B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-139) and index.
Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Christopher Columbus -- Columbus was a hero / Samuel Eliot Morison ; Columbus was a pitiable man / Justin Winsor ; Modern attacks on Columbus are unwarranted / Mark Falcoff ; Modern attacks on Columbus are justified / Suzann Shown Harjo -- 2. Conquistadors -- Conquistadors were murderers / Bartolome de las Casas ; Conquistadors' motives were pure / Jean Descola ; Conquistadors fought in self-defense / Bernal Diaz del Castillo ; Conquistadors fought without reason / Miguel Leon-Portilla -- 3. Indians -- White takeover of Indian land : a White's view / Theodore Roosevelt ; White takeover of Indian land : an Indian's view / Chief Joseph ; Indians should be Christianized / Abraham Steiner ; Indians wish to keep their own religion / Charles Alexander Eastman ; Indians should join together in war against the Whites / Tecumseh ; Indians should live in peace with the Whites / Pushmataha.
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