Marvelous Possessions: The Wonder of the New WorldThis study examines the ways in which Europeans of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period represented non-European peoples and took possession of their lands, in particular the New World. |
Contents
From the Dome of the Rock | 26 |
Marvelous Possessions | 52 |
Kidnapping Language | 86 |
The GoBetween | 119 |
Notes | 152 |
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