Bartolome de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas by Lawrence A Clayton

Bartolome de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas by Lawrence A Clayton

After Christopher Columbus, Bartolome de las Casas is the single most important figure in the period of the Encounter, a time of conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages. Here Clayton provides a history of the age as told through the life of Las Casas.

“Beside my students, I would recommend this book to anyone with a desire to understand better what is one of the most compelling periods in history”  (The Journal of Latin American Studies, 1 April 2013)

"Clayton (Univ. of Alabama) has written an excellent, concise survey of the life and work of Bartolome de las Casas, the Dominican friar who advocated fiercely on behalf of indigenous Americans during the 16th-century Spanish conquest of the America. . .Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 October 2011)

 

Lawrence A. Clayton is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of History at the University of Alabama. His books include A History of Modern Latin America, second edition  (2004), Peru and the United States: The Condor and the Eagle (1999), and The De Soto Chronicles (editor, 1993). He is currently writing the first major biography of Las Casas in more than a generation.

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ISBN 13	9781405194280
ISBN 10	1405194286
Title	Bartolome de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas
Author	Lawrence A Clayton
Series	Viewpoints Puntos De Vista
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Year published	2011-01-18
Number of pages	206
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.