| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) ^A148448
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| Contents |
Columbus was a hero / Samuel Eliot Morison -- Columbus was a pitiable man / Justin Winsor -- Columbus is a Christian hero : a Catholic view in 1892 / Pope Leo XIII -- Columbus's role in Christianity should be reassessed : views from 1992 / Jack Wintz -- The conquistadors' motives were pure / Jean Descola -- The conquistadors were murderers / Bartolomé de las Casas -- The conquistadors fought in self-defense / Bernal Díaz del Castillo -- The conquistadors fought without reason / Miguel Leon-Portilla -- Natural law justifies dispossessing the Indians of their land / Emmerich von Vattel -- Natural law does not justify dispossessing the Indians of their land / Francisco de Vitoria -- White takeover of Indian land : a white's view / Theodore Roosevelt -- White takeover of Indian land : an Indian's view / Chief Joseph -- Indians have an equal claim to the land / John Heckewelder -- Indians are unworthy of keeping their land / Hugh Henry Brackenridge -- Natives of the Americas are noble savages / Michel Eyquem de Montaigne -- |
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Natives of the Americas are uncivilized beasts / Cotton Mather -- A white man's view of Indian culture / George Catlin -- An Indian view of Washington, D.C. / Herman J. Viola -- Whites and Indians cannot live side by side / Lewis Cass -- Whites and Indians must learn to live side by side / Nelson A. Miles -- Indians must be educated to adopt civilized ways / T.J. Morgan -- Indians already have civilized cultures / Benjamin Franklin -- Indians should be Christianized / Abraham Steiner -- Indians wish to keep their own religion / Charles Alexander Eastman -- A white man learns about Indian culture / James Smith -- An Indian learns about white culture / Luther Standing Bear -- Modern attacks on Columbus are unwarranted / Mark Falcoff -- Modern attacks on Columbus are justified / Suzan Shown Harjo, interviewed by Barbara Miner & Michael Dorris -- History should continue to acknowledge Columbus as a discoverer / Reed Irvine, Joe Goulden -- History should acknowledge Columbus as a ruthless exploiter / Manning Marable. |
| Abstract |
Articles present opposing viewpoints on such Columbus-related issues as the motives of the conquistadors, treatment of the Indians, and twentieth-century views of Columbus. |
| Local note | Little-299787--305131005561U |
| Local note | Little-299788--305131005562V |
| Local note | Little-299787--305131005561U |
| Local note | Little-299788--305131005562V |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-299) and index. |
| LCCN | 92018160 |
| ISBN | 0899081711 (pbk.) : |
| ISBN | 0899081967 (hard) : |
