Lee Eldridge Huddleston

Origins of the American Indians

European Concepts, 1492-1729

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of early European theories about the origin of American indigenous peoples.

Produktdetails

• LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
• Verlag: University of Texas Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1967
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9781477306123
• ISBN-10: 1477306129
• Artikelnr.: 42413821

Autorenporträt

Lee E. Huddleston (1935-2003) was Professor of History at the University of North Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preface
2. Introduction: The Discovery of the American Indian
3. Chapter I: The Early Origin Literature, Oviedo to Acosta
* Beginnings of the Origin Literature, 1535–1540
* Expansion of the Argument, 1540–1580
* The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel and the Ophirites
4. Chapter II: Acosta and García, 1589–1607
* Joseph de Acosta and the Acostan Tradition
* Gregorio García and the Garcían Tradition
5. Chapter III: Spanish Scholarship after García, 1607–1729
6. Chapter IV: The Debate on the Origins of the Indians in Northern Europe
* Expansion of the Debate to Northern Europe, 1600–1640
* The Grotius–De Laet Controversy
* The Jews in America and The Hope of Israel, 1644–1660
* Toward New Criteria: La Peyrère and the Pre-Adamites
7. General Conclusions
8. Bibliography
9. Index