The Spanish struggle for justice in the conquest of America
By: by Lewis Hanke ; new introduction by Susan Scafidi and Peter Bakewell ; personal and professional reminiscence by the author.
Edition: 1st Southern Methodist University Press ed.
Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Dallas, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Indians, Treatment of -- Latin America; Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Latin America; Spain -- Colonies -- America; Latin America -- History -- To 1830; Spain -- Foreign relations -- Latin America
Description: Arguing that Spain sought to bring its New World lands and peoples under its control in a just and considerate way, the author examines Spain's efforts in the 16th century to tackle the legal and moral questions raised by the meeting of Europeans and American native peoples.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1949.
"Published in cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies."