Conquest: The Destruction of the American Indios

by Massimo Livi Bacci and Massimo Livi Bacci

Book Overview

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 as well as direct testimony...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074564001X
• ISBN13: 9780745640013
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.2"