03651nam 2200697 a 450 991077785360332120230617002120.01-281-72960-497866117296080-300-12767-710.12987/9780300127676(CKB)1000000000471809(EBL)3420228(OCoLC)923590952(SSID)ssj0000108826(PQKBManifestationID)11745640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108826(PQKBWorkID)10044294(PQKB)10084624(MiAaPQ)EBC3420228(DE-B1597)485000(OCoLC)1024048061(DE-B1597)9780300127676(Au-PeEL)EBL3420228(CaPaEBR)ebr10176374(CaONFJC)MIL172960(EXLCZ)99100000000047180920041227d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBárbaros[electronic resource] Spaniards and their savages in the Age of Enlightenment /David J. WeberNew Haven Yale University Pressc20051 online resource (488 p.)The Lamar Series in Western HistoryDescription based upon print version of record.0-300-10501-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-440) and index.Introduction -- Savants, savages, and new sensibilities -- Savages and Spaniards: natives transformed -- The science of creating men -- A good war or a bad peace? -- Trading, gifting, and treating -- Crossing borders -- Epilogue: Insurgents and savages, from inclusion to exclusion.Two centuries after Cortés and Pizarro seized the Aztec and Inca empires, Spain's conquest of America remained unfinished. Indians retained control over most of the lands in Spain's American empire. Mounted on horseback, savvy about European ways, and often possessing firearms, independent Indians continued to find new ways to resist subjugation by Spanish soldiers and conversion by Spanish missionaries.In this panoramic study, David J. Weber explains how late eighteenthcentury Spanish administrators tried to fashion a more enlightened policy toward the people they called bárbaros, 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.IndiansColonizationIndiansMissionsIndiansGovernment relationsSpainColoniesAmericaAdministrationNew SpainColonizationAmericaDiscovery and explorationAmericaHistoryTo 1810IndiansColonization.IndiansMissions.IndiansGovernment relations.323.1197/0171246/09033Weber David J715779MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777853603321Bárbaros3845531UNINA