Conquest : the destruction of the American Indios

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Conquest : the destruction of the American Indios

Massimo Livi Bacci ; translated by Carl Ipsen

Polity, c2008

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Conquista

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Translated from the Italian

Originally published: Bologna : Società editrice il Mulino , c2005

Includes index

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内容説明

The arrival of Europeans in the Americas brought with it a demographic catastrophe of vast proportions for the native populations. What were the causes? The surviving documentation is extraordinarily rich: conquistadors, religious figures, administrators, officials, and merchants kept records, carried out inquiries, and issued edicts. The native world, for its part, has also left eloquent traces of events as well as direct testimony of its harsh subjugation at the hands of the Europeans. Drawing on these sources, Livi-Bacci shows how not only the 'imported' diseases but also a series of economic and social factors played a role in the disastrous decline of the native populations. He argues that the catastrophe was not the inevitable outcome of contact with Europeans but was a function of both the methods of the conquest and the characteristics of the subjugated societies. This gripping narrative recounts one of the greatest tragedies of human history, one whose protagonists include figures like Columbus, Montezuma, Atahuallpa, Pizarro, Corts and Tupac Amaru.

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Preface I In which are described three voyages that changed the face of a continent, the American population at the time of contact, the demographic catastrophe of the Indios, the sorrowful increase of the Africans, and the expansion of the Europeans II A humble Franciscan, two combative Dominicans, an Italian humanist at the Court of Spain, a remorseful viceroy, a naturalist 'alcade', a Europeanized Inca and an Inca fallen on hard times, a conquistador observer... different witnesses and a common analysis of the catastrophe III A tireless traveler disrupts a continent, but a quarter century too late. From the Caribbean to Peru: a brief history of a long voyage and of the suspected assassin of Huayna Capac, father of Atahuallpa. The true and presumed sins of smallpox and other crowd diseases IV A golden nose ring and the tragic destiny of the Taino. An Indio follows a deer and discovers a mountain of silver. A people in constant movement, over 1000 miles and at an elevation of 4000 meters, and the wealth of Potosi. Deeds and misdeeds of gold and silver V Hispaniola, the territorial paradise of Columbus and the imagination of modern scholars. One hundred thousand or ten million Taino? The catastrophe of the Antilles as seen from close up and a credible leyenda negra. People die while animals flourish VI A great and rich city, dreamed of by Columbus and destroyed by Cortes. The modern dispute over the population of Mesoamerica. Tributaries, tributes, and population. Thirteen brigantines hauled overland and a tunnel in the rock. Men and beasts VII The Incas and many millions of subjects. A quarter century of wars: Indios versus Indios, Spaniards versus Indios, Spaniards versus Spaniards. 'Quipu' pen and ink. A viceroy who counts, measures and acts. Epidemics: the moderns debate them, the ancients ignore them VIII Colonists and 'Paulists' hunting down Guarani between the Parana and the Uruguay. One hundred Jesuits for 100,000 Indios. Steel axes and security in exchange for Christian habits. Monogamy and reproduction stronger than crowd diseases Epilog Appendices Tables Figures Notes Chronology Glossary Note on Illustrations Index

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