Pagden, Anthony

The fall of natural man : the American Indian and the origins of comparative ethnology / Anthony Pagden - xii, 268 pages ; 24 cm - Cambridge Iberian and Latin American studies . - Cambridge Iberian and Latin American studies .

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index

The problem of recognition -- The image of the barbarian -- The theory of natural slavery -- From nature's slaves to nature's children -- The rhetorician and the theologians: Juan Gines de Sepulveda and his dialogue, Democrates secundus -- A programme for comparative ethnology: (1) Bartolome de Las Casas -- A programme for comparative ethnology: (2) Jose de Acosta -- Joseph Francois Lafitau: comparative ethnology and the language of symbols

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Ethnology--History
Ethnology--History--Spain
Indians--Public opinion
Public opinion--Spain
Ethnology--history
Indians, North American
Indians, South American
Public Opinion

Ethnology History Ethnology History Spain Indians Public opinion Public opinion Spain


History.

GN308 / .P253 1982

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