LEADER 04481oam 22007814a 450 001 9910777514503321 005 20230516195616.0 010 $a1-4571-0966-2 010 $a1-280-50136-7 010 $a9786610501366 010 $a1-4571-1074-1 010 $a0-87081-855-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000461836 035 $a(EBL)710205 035 $a(OCoLC)784882809 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000171889 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12039704 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000171889 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10151211 035 $a(PQKB)10882355 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039820 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039820 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10761460 035 $a(OCoLC)923705084 035 $a(OCoLC)1247712181 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_85357 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000461836 100 $a20060615d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHistories of Infamy$eFrancisco López de Gómara and the Ethics of Spanish Imperialism /$fCristia?n A. Roa-de-la-Carrera ; translated by Scott Sessions 210 1$aBoulder :$cUniversity Press of Colorado,$dop. 2005. 210 4$d©op. 2005. 215 $a1 online resource (468 p.) 300 $aI?ndice. 300 $aBibliografi?a: p. 239-254. 311 $a1-60732-185-8 311 $a0-87081-813-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index. 327 $aCover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE GO?MARA AND THE POLITICS OF CONSENSUS; History as Influence: The Emperor and the Conqueror; Historiography and Empire-Building; In the Service of the King: Historians and Administrators; Contested Histories in a Changing Discursive Landscape; The Authority of Discourse: The Historia general and the World of Fernando Corte?s; The Limits of Consensus: Go?mara Under Attack; TWO TERRITORIES OF REDEMPTION IN THE NEW WORLD; Geography and Culture in the Colonial World 327 $aTerritoriality and Sacred History History, Cartography, and Dominion: Establishing Rights of Conquest; The Indies and Human Diversity; To Inherit the World: Human Intellect and Dominion; THREE EXCHANGE AS A NARRATIVE OF IMPERIAL EXPANSION; Christian Rhetoric, Economic Ends; The Discovery and the Historical Tradition; The Humble Beginnings of the Empire; Exchange as a System of Colonization; Justice and the Dynamics of Intercultural Relations; Searching for a Common Good: Imperialism as a Form of Reciprocity; FOUR GO?MARA AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES 327 $aRuling the Indians: The King and His Despots The Infamy of Spain and the Conquistadors; Imperialism and Desire; Lordship and Masculinity; The Patriarchal Life of the Conquistador; Bibliography and References Cited; Index 330 $aIn Histories of Infamy, Cristia?n Roa-de-la-Carrera explores Francisco Lo?pez de Go?mara's (1511-ca.1559) attempt to ethically reconcile Spain's civilizing mission with the conquistadors' abuse and exploitation of Native peoples. The most widely read account of the conquest in its time, Go?mara's Historia general de las Indias y Conquista de Me?xico rationalized the conquistadors' crimes as unavoidable evils in the task of bringing ""civilization"" to the New World. Through an elaborate defense of Spanish imperialism, Go?mara aimed to convince his readers of the merits of the conquest, regardless 606 $aMexico colonial$2tesbhaecid 606 $aIndios de Mexico$2tesbhaecid 606 $aHistoriografia de Mexico$2tesbhaecid 606 $aDescubrimiento y conquista de Mexico$2tesbhaecid 606 $aCronicas$2tesbhaecid 607 $aAmerica$vEarly accounts to 1600$xHistory and criticism 607 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$xSpanish$vEarly works to 1800$xHistory and criticism 607 $aSpain$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistoriography 607 $aMexico$xHistory$yConquest, 1519-1540$xHistoriography 615 07$aMexico colonial. 615 07$aIndios de Mexico. 615 07$aHistoriografia de Mexico. 615 07$aDescubrimiento y conquista de Mexico. 615 07$aCronicas. 676 $a970.01/6 700 $aRoa-de-la-Carrera$b Cristian A$01467515 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777514503321 996 $aHistories of Infamy$93678187 997 $aUNINA