The rediscovery of North America
By: Barry Lopez.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- North America; North America -- Description and travel; America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Influence
Description: Argues that the Spanish discovery of the Americas led to the presumption that one is due wealth from the territory, an attitude also common among English-speaking settlers, and advocates a rediscovery of the land as a home.
Notes: Originally published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 1990.
"Originally presented as the Thomas D. Clark Lectures for 1990"--T.p. verso.