Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas

by Lawrence A. Clayton

Book Overview

This is a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolom de las Casas, a Dominican friar who fervently defended the American Indians, and the single most important figure of the period after Columbus. Explores the period known as the Encounter, which was characterized by intensive conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages Argues that Las...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405194286
• ISBN13: 9781405194280
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"