| Description |
xviii, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Yale Western Americana series |
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Yale Western Americana series.
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| Summary |
"In this panoramic study, David J. Weber explains how late eighteenth-century Spanish administrators tried to fashion a more enlightened policy toward the people they called barbaros, or "savages." Even Spain's most powerful monarchs failed, however, to enforce a consistent, well-reasoned policy toward Indians. At one extreme, powerful independent Indians forced Spaniards to seek peace, acknowledge autonomous tribal governments, and recognize the existence of tribal lands, fulfilling the Crown's oft-stated wish to use "gentle" means in dealing with Indians. At the other extreme the Crown abandoned its principles, authorizing bloody wars on Indians when Spanish officers believed they could defeat them. Power, says Weber, more than the power of ideas, determined how Spaniards treated "savages" in the Age of Enlightenment."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-440) and index. |
| Contents |
Savants, savages, and new sensibilities -- Savages and Spaniards: natives transformed -- The science of creating men -- A good war or a bad peace? -- Trading, gifting, and treating -- Crossing borders -- Epilogue: Insurgents and savages, from inclusion to exclusion. |
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Indians -- Colonization.
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Indians -- Missions.
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Indians -- Government relations.
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Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.
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New Spain -- Colonization.
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America -- Discovery and exploration.
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America -- History -- To 1810.
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Colonization. (OCoLC)fst00868483
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Discoveries in geography. (OCoLC)fst00894950
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Indians -- Government relations.
(OCoLC)fst00969349
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Indians -- Missions.
(OCoLC)fst00969384
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Colonies -- Administration. (OCoLC)fst00868457
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Spanish colonies. (OCoLC)fst01930866
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America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
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New Spain. (OCoLC)fst01203034
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Kolonie (DE-588)4031790-0
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| Chronological Term |
To 1810
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous people -- Colonization.
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Indigenous people -- Missions.
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Indigenous people -- Government relations.
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| ISBN |
0300105010 (alk. paper) |
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9780300105018 (alk. paper) |
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0300119917 (pbk.) |
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9780300119916 (pbk.) |
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