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Histories of infamy: Francisco López de Gómara and the ethics of Spanish imperialism

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dc.contributor.authorRoa-de-la-Carrera, Cristián A., author
dc.contributor.authorSessions, Scott, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:36:22Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:36:22Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionTranslated by Scott Sessions.
dc.description.abstractIn Histories of Infamy, Cristián Roa-de-la-Carrera explores Francisco López de Gómara's (1511-ca.1559) attempt to ethically reconcile Spain's civilizing mission with the conquistadors' abuse and exploitation of Native peoples. The most widely read account of the conquest in its time, Gómara's Historia general de las Indias y Conquista de México rationalized the conquistadors' crimes as unavoidable evils in the task of bringing "civilization" to the New World.
dc.description.tableofcontentsGómara and the politics of consensus. History as influence: the emperor and the conqueror -- Historiography and empire-building -- In the service of the king: historians and administrators -- Contested histories in a changing discursive landscape -- The authority of discourse: the Historia general and the world of Fernando Cortés -- The limits of consensus: Gómara under attack -- Territories of redemption in the New World. Geography and culture in the colonial world -- Territoriality and sacred history -- History, cartography, and dominion: establishing rights of conquest -- The Indies and human diversity -- To inherit the world: human intellect and dominion -- Exchange as a narrative of imperial expansion. Christian rhetoric, economic ends -- The discovery and the historical tradition -- The humble beginnings of the empire -- Exchange as a system of colonization -- Justice and the dynamics of intercultural relations -- Searching for a common good: imperialism as a form of reciprocity -- Gómara and the destruction of the Indies -- Ruling the Indians: the king and his despots -- The infamy of Spain and the conquistadors -- Imperialism and desire -- Lordship and masculinity -- The patriarchal life of the conquistador.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87551
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectIndians, Treatment of -- Historiography
dc.subjectImperialism -- History -- 16th century -- Historiography
dc.subjectAmerica -- Early accounts to 1600 -- History and criticism
dc.subjectAmerica -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Early works to 1800 -- History and criticism
dc.subjectSpain -- Colonies -- America -- Historiography
dc.subjectMexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Historiography
dc.subjectLópez de Gómara, Francisco, 1511-1564. Historia general de las Indias
dc.titleHistories of infamy: Francisco López de Gómara and the ethics of Spanish imperialism
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