Cannibal encounters : Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763
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Cannibal encounters : Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763
(The Johns Hopkins studies in Atlantic history and culture)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-207) and index
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Description
Philip Boucher analyzes the images-and the realities-of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface to the PAperback Edition
Preface
Introduction
1. First Impressions: Europeans and Island Caribs in the Precolonial Era, 1492-1623
2. Realpolitik Caribbean Style: Euro-Carib Relations during the Europeans Invasion, 1623-1660
3. Between Lion and Rooster: The Island Carib Struggle forAutonomy, 1660-1688
4. "As if no such people existed": Island Caribs in Decline, 1689-1763
5. Age of Iron to Age of Sentimentality: Island Caribs in the European Literary Imagination, 1660s-1760s
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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