Virtues of the Indian/Virtudes del Indio
Juan de Palafox Y Mendoza
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Description for Virtues of the Indian/Virtudes del Indio
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
This important book is the first complete seventeenth-century treatise on Native Americans to be introduced, annotated, and translated into English. Presented in a parallel text translation, it brings the work of the controversial and powerful Bishop Juan de Palafox to non-Spanish speakers for the first time. A seminal document in the history of colonial Mexico and imperial Spain, Virtues of the Indian tells us as much about the Mexican natives as about the ideas, images, and representations upon which the Spanish Empire in America was built. Taken as a whole, this book will raise questions about the Spanish ... Read more
This important book is the first complete seventeenth-century treatise on Native Americans to be introduced, annotated, and translated into English. Presented in a parallel text translation, it brings the work of the controversial and powerful Bishop Juan de Palafox to non-Spanish speakers for the first time. A seminal document in the history of colonial Mexico and imperial Spain, Virtues of the Indian tells us as much about the Mexican natives as about the ideas, images, and representations upon which the Spanish Empire in America was built. Taken as a whole, this book will raise questions about the Spanish ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742541238
SKU
V9780742541238
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About Juan de Palafox Y Mendoza
Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600–1659) was a reforming royal minister and priest whose titles included those of visitor-general of New Spain and bishop of Puebla de los Angeles, Mexico. Nancy H. Fee is an independent scholar based in California. Alejandro Cañeque is assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Maryland.
Reviews for Virtues of the Indian/Virtudes del Indio
This is a fascinating work largely unknown except by specialists of the period. Fee has written a very complete bibliographical essay—a very good introduction to the text and period.
The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History
Nancy Fee's translation of the bishop's treatise on Indians is timely and most welcome. . . . Missing from much ... Read more
The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History
Nancy Fee's translation of the bishop's treatise on Indians is timely and most welcome. . . . Missing from much ... Read more