Virtues of the Indian/Virtudes del indio: An Annotated Translation

by Juan de Palafox y Mendoza

Presented in a parallel text translation, this important book brings the work of the controversial and powerful Bishop Juan de Palafox to non-Spanish speakers for the first time. A seminal document in the history of colonial Mexico and imperial Spain, Virtues of the Indian tells us as much about the Mexican natives as about the ideas, images, and representations upon which the Spanish Empire in America was built. The deeply-informed introduction,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742541231
• ISBN13: 9780742541238
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"