Bárbaros: Spaniards and their savages in the Age of Enlightenment

"In this panoramic study, David J. Weber explains how late eighteenth-century Spanish administrators tried to fashion a more enlightened policy toward the people they called barbaros, or "savages." Even Spain's most powerful monarchs failed, however, to enforce a consistent, well...

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1. Verfasser: Weber, David J. 1940-2010 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] Yale Univ. Press 2005
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Zusammenfassung:"In this panoramic study, David J. Weber explains how late eighteenth-century Spanish administrators tried to fashion a more enlightened policy toward the people they called barbaros, or "savages." Even Spain's most powerful monarchs failed, however, to enforce a consistent, well-reasoned policy toward Indians. At one extreme, powerful independent Indians forced Spaniards to seek peace, acknowledge autonomous tribal governments, and recognize the existence of tribal lands, fulfilling the Crown's oft-stated wish to use "gentle" means in dealing with Indians. At the other extreme the Crown abandoned its principles, authorizing bloody wars on Indians when Spanish officers believed they could defeat them. Power, says Weber, more than the power of ideas, determined how Spaniards treated "savages" in the Age of Enlightenment."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XVIII, 466 S. Ill.
ISBN:0300105010

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