Bartolomé de las Casas; a selection of his writings.
By: Translated and edited by George Sanderlin.
Contributors: Sanderlin, George William, 1915- ed.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Series: Borzoi books on Latin America
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
Subjects: Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish; Spain -- Colonies -- America
Table of contents: title: Historian; the History of the Indies: Prologue: Why he wrote History. A portrait of Columbus. The verdict of Salamanca. San Salvador. Reception in Barcelona. The conquest of Cuba. Magellan and his globe. The character of Cortes.; title: Autobiographer; autobiography in the History of the Indies: "Are not the Indians men?" The conversion of Las Casas. First battles at court. Black slaves in the New World. Las Casas joins the Dominicans.; title: Anthropologist; the Apologetic history: The rationality of the American Indian. A description of Cuba. The ill effects of sadness and fear. Indian houses, featherwork, and silverwork. The marketplace of Mexico City. A volcano in Nicaragua. The meanings of "barbarous."; title: Political thinker, memorials and treatises: A New World utopia. The "Only method" of converting the Indians. A "Very brief account" of Spanish cruelty. Abolish the encomienda! The duty of reparation. A defense of human sacrifice. The restoration of the Indies. A declaration of human rights.; title: Bibliography (p. [203]-206).