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Indian Captivity in Spanish America
Fernando Opere
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Description for Indian Captivity in Spanish America
Paperback. Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. This book talks about the many reasons behind the Indians taking captives. It offers a comprehensive historical and literary account of Indian captivity in Spanish-controlled territory from the 16th-20th century. Translator(s): Pellon, Gustavo. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 503.
Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. Indians took captives for many reasons: to replace by adoption tribal members who had been lost in battle, to use as barter for needed material goods, to use as slaves, or to use for reproductive purposes. From the legendary story of John Smith's captivity in the Virginia Colony to the wildly successful narratives of New England colonists taken captive by local Indians, the genre of the captivity narrative is well known among historians and students of early American literature. Not so ... Read more
Even before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas, the practice of taking captives was widespread among Native Americans. Indians took captives for many reasons: to replace by adoption tribal members who had been lost in battle, to use as barter for needed material goods, to use as slaves, or to use for reproductive purposes. From the legendary story of John Smith's captivity in the Virginia Colony to the wildly successful narratives of New England colonists taken captive by local Indians, the genre of the captivity narrative is well known among historians and students of early American literature. Not so ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925875
SKU
V9780813925875
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About Fernando Opere
Fernando OperE and Gustavo Pellon are both professors in the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese at the University of Virginia.
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