The Discovery of America & other myths
Subtitle: a new world reader
By: Thomas Christensen and Carol Christensen, editors.
Contributors: Christensen, Thomas, 1948-; Christensen, Carol, 1947-
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Columbus, Christopher -- Influence.; Indians -- First contact with Europeans.; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.
Other titles: Discovery of America and other myths.
Description: Did the arrival of Europeans five centuries ago bring the benefits of western civilization to a new World of barbarians or did it bring death, slavery, and terror to long-established cultures? This controversial anthology brings together historical texts and contemporary fiction and essays that re-explore the conquest of the Americas and reveal issues that are still burning in the literature and imagination of the hemisphere.
Notes: Includes index.