Heroic endeavour or diaster of hemispheric proportions? What is certain is that Columbus's discovery of the New World resulted in biological and cultural exchanges unprecedented in the history of human populations.
This volume brings together 11 scholars - from both sides of the Atantic and from the disciplines of history, archaeology, anthropology, geography and biology - to discuss the nature of the European conquest and its consequences.
A major them is the complex process by which Europeans and Amerindians adapted to create new criollo cultures which are distinctively American: the successess and failures of this process are evident in Latin America today.
The multidisciplinary scope of this volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the enormous changes that followed Columbus' expedition.
| ISBN: | 9780197261347 |
| Publication date: | 24th February 1994 |
| Author: | Warwick Bray, British Academy |
| Publisher: | The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy |
| Genres: |
European history History of the Americas Geographical discovery and exploration Sociology and anthropology |
Heroic endeavour or diaster of hemispheric proportions? What is certain is that Columbus's discovery of the New World resulted in biological and cultural exchanges unprecedented in the history of human populations.
This volume brings together 11 scholars - from both sides of the Atantic and from the disciplines of history, archaeology, anthropology, geography and biology - to discuss the nature of the European conquest and its consequences.
A major them is the complex process by which Europeans and Amerindians adapted to create new criollo cultures which are distinctively American: the successess and failures of this process are evident in Latin America today.
The multidisciplinary scope of this volume makes a major contribution to our understanding of the enormous changes that followed Columbus' expedition.
The Meeting of Two Worlds features in the following genres: European history, History of the Americas, Geographical discovery and exploration, Sociology and anthropology
The Meeting of Two Worlds is available in Hardback
The Meeting of Two Worlds was written by Warwick Bray, British Academy and published by The British Academy an imprint of Liverpool University Press
The Meeting of Two Worlds has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Proceedings of the British Academy series