Bartolome de las Casas and the conquest of the Americas

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clayton, Lawrence A
Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Viewpoints/puntos de vista : themes and interpretations in Latin American history
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444392746
Carrier Form: xv, 188 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781444392746 (electronic bk.)
1444392743 (electronic bk.)
Access: License restrictions may limit access.
Index Number: E125
CLC: K703
Contents: Front Matter -- Introduction -- The Era of Columbus and the Discoverers -- Justice for All -- Social Experiments -- The Era of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, 1520s-1540s -- The New Laws of 1542 and Bishop of Chiapa -- All Mankind is One -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliographic Essay -- Index.
The era of Columbus and the "discoverers" -- Justice for all -- Social experiments : the Hieronymite Mission and the Universal Protector of all the Indians -- The era of the conquests of Mexico and Peru, 1520s-1540s -- The new laws of 1542 and Bishop of Chiapa -- "All mankind is one" : on the nature of humans, servitude, and slavery.