| Defending the Conquest: Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests Contributor(s): Lane, Kris (Editor), Johnson, D. F. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0271029374 ISBN-13: 9780271029375 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $32.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | North American - History | Latin America - General - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal |
| Dewey: 970.016 |
| LCCN: 2010024251 |
| Series: Latin American Originals |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.53 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of great benefit for scholars and teachers, this is the first English translation and critical edition of a rare refutation of Bartolom de las Casas's famous 1552 Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, one of the most influential texts of the sixteenth century. The Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests, written by the Spanish soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca about 1603, provides valuable insights into the other side of the debate over the morality of the Spanish conquest. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Timothy F.: - Timothy F. Johnson is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish at the University of California, Davis.Lane, Kris: - Kris Lane is Professor of History at the College of William and Mary. |