Histories of infamy : Francisco López de Gómara and the ethics of Spanish imperialism /

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In Histories of Infamy, Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera explores Francisco López de Gómara's (1511-ca.1559) attempt to ethically reconcile Spain's civilizing mission with the conquistadors' abuse and exploitation of Native peoples. The most widely read account of the conquest in its tim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roa-de-la Carrera, Cristián Andrés, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2005.
Temas:
López de Gómara, Francisco, > 1511-1564. > Historia general de las Indias.
López de Gómara, Francisco.
Historia general de las Indias (López de Gómara, Francisco)
1500-1599
Indians, Treatment of > Historiography.
Imperialism > History > 16th century > Historiography.
Impérialisme > Histoire > 16e siècle > Historiographie.
HISTORY > Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY.
HISTORY > General.
Discoveries in geography > Spanish
Historiography
Imperialism > Historiography
Indians, Treatment of > Historiography
Spanish colonies
Imperialisme.
Geschiedschrijving.
America > Early accounts to 1600 > History and criticism.
America > Discovery and exploration > Spanish > Early works to 1800 > History and criticism.
Spain > Colonies > America > Historiography.
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Historiography.
Amérique > Récits avant 1600 > Histoire et critique.
Amérique > Découverte et exploration espagnoles > Ouvrages avant 1800 > Histoire et critique.
Espagne > Colonies > Amérique > Historiographie.
Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête) > Historiographie.
America
Mexico
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gómara and the politics of consensus. History as influence: the emperor and the conqueror
  • Historiography and empire-building
  • In the service of the king: historians and administrators
  • Contested histories in a changing discursive landscape
  • The authority of discourse: the Historia general and the world of Fernando Cortés
  • The limits of consensus: Gómara under attack
  • Territories of redemption in the New World. Geography and culture in the colonial world
  • Territoriality and sacred history
  • History, cartography, and dominion: establishing rights of conquest
  • The Indies and human diversity
  • To inherit the world: human intellect and dominion
  • Exchange as a narrative of imperial expansion. Christian rhetoric, economic ends
  • The discovery and the historical tradition
  • The humble beginnings of the empire
  • Exchange as a system of colonization
  • Justice and the dynamics of intercultural relations
  • Searching for a common good: imperialism as a form of reciprocity
  • Gómara and the destruction of the Indies
  • Ruling the Indians: the king and his despots
  • The infamy of Spain and the conquistadors
  • Imperialism and desire
  • Lordship and masculinity
  • The patriarchal life of the conquistador.

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