Title: The conquest of America :
Authors: Todorov, Tzvetan,
Date: 1984
Publisher: Harper & Row,
Physical description: x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: E
Contents: 1. Discovery -- The discovery of America -- Columbus as interpreter -- Columbus and the Indians -- 2. Conquest -- The reasons for the victory -- Montezuma and signs -- Cortes and signs -- 3. Love -- Understanding, taking possession, and destroying -- Equality or inequality -- Enslavement, colonialism, and communication -- 4. Knowledge -- Typology of relations to the other -- Duran, or the hybridization of cultures -- Sahagun and his work -- Epilogue -- Las Casas's prophecy.
Notes: Translation of: La conquête de l'Amérique. Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.; Indians of Central America--First contact with Europeans; Indians of Central America--First contact with other peoples.; Indians of Central America--First contact with Western civilization.; Indians of Mexico--First contact with Europeans; Indians of Mexico--First contact with other peoples.; Indians of Mexico--First contact with Western civilization.; Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans; Indians of the West Indies--First contact with other peoples.; Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Western civilization.