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Wild Majesty : encounters with Caribs from Columbus to the present day : an anthology / edited by : Peter Hulme and Neil L. Whitehead

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : Oxford [Inglaterra] : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1992 Description: [x] 369 p. : ilustracionesISBN:
  • 0-19-811226-2
  • 0-19-812274-8
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.9 W668
Contents:
List of illustrations, ix.-- Introduction, 1.-- Part I, 7.-- The letter of Columbus (1493), 9.-- The journal of Columbus (1492-1493), 17.-- The report of Dr Chanca (1494), 29.-- The captivity of Luisa de Navarrete (1580), 38.-- Early english and french voyagers (1564-1596), 45.-- The voyage of the Olive Branch (1606-1607), 62.-- William Turner, 63.-- John Nicholl, 64.-- Part II, 81.-- Thomas Gage: The Jesuit Massacre on Guadeloupe (1648), 83.-- The Case of 'Indian' Warner (1657-1676), 89.-- The first missionary: Raymond Breton (1647), 107.-- Relative values: Charles César de Rochefort (1658), 117.-- Jean Baptiste du Tertre and the noble savages (1667), 128.-- An account fram the Jesuit Missions: Sieur de la Borde (1674), 138.-- Jean Baptiste Labat: A sojourn on Dominica (1722), 155.-- Part III, 169.-- First reconnaissances of the black Caribs (1700-1723), 171.-- The diary of Joseph Senhouse (1776), 180.-- Thomas Coke's Letter to Wesley (1788), 186.-- William Young and the black charaibs (1772/1795), 189.-- William Young's Tour of the Islands (1791), 210.-- Alexander Anderson and the Carib War in St Vincent (1798), 216.-- Part IV, 231.-- Priests and chiefs on Dominica (1856-1905), 233.-- The report of father du Lettré, 234.-- Letter from Father Clément-Désiré Ardois, 235.-- Letters addressed to the Hamilton Commission, 237.-- Father Suaudeau in the Country of the 'caralbes', 238.-- The ornithological eye: Frederick Ober (1880), 241.-- The Carib reserve: Henry Hesketh Bell (1902), 255.-- Report on the Caribs of Dominica, 258.-- Glimpses of a Govemor's life, 265.-- Frederick Treves and Victorine (1908), 273.-- Part V, 281.-- The 'Carib War' of 1930, 283.-- Visiting the Carib quarter: Jean Rhys (1936), 299.-- Anthropologist of the Caribs: Douglas Taylor (1941), 306.-- History in the movie-making: EIma Napier (1949), 317.-- The hittites of the Caribbean: Patrick Leigh Fermor (1950), 323.-- Whicker's Caribs: Alan Whicker (1964), 332.-- Still conquering the Caribbean: Anthony Weller (1983), 337.-- Carib gallery: José Barreiro (1990), 345.-- A note on sorne native caribbean words, 354.-- References, 357.-- Sources of extracts, 361.-- Index, 365.
Summary: Este libro presenta una antología de escritos sobre los habitantes amerindios del Caribe, a partir de fuentes tan diversas como los primeros informes de Colón, tratados misioneros franceses, los diarios de los administradores coloniales ingleses, y etnógrafos modernos, escritores de viajes y los directores de cine. Este material ha sido cuidadosamente seleccionado para ilustrar el desarrollo del conocimiento no amerindia y las actitudes hacia la sociedad y la cultura de los llamados 'Island caribes, que una vez dominó el conjunto de las Antillas Menores y que continúan a actuar hoy como una potente símbolo de la resistencia a, e independiente de, el estado-nación moderno. - Descripción.
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Contiene: bibliografía e índice topográfico.

List of illustrations, ix.-- Introduction, 1.-- Part I, 7.-- The letter of Columbus (1493), 9.-- The journal of Columbus (1492-1493), 17.-- The report of Dr Chanca (1494), 29.-- The captivity of Luisa de Navarrete (1580), 38.-- Early english and french voyagers (1564-1596), 45.--
The voyage of the Olive Branch (1606-1607), 62.-- William Turner, 63.-- John Nicholl, 64.-- Part II, 81.-- Thomas Gage: The Jesuit Massacre on Guadeloupe (1648), 83.-- The Case of 'Indian' Warner (1657-1676), 89.-- The first missionary: Raymond Breton (1647), 107.-- Relative values: Charles César de Rochefort (1658), 117.-- Jean Baptiste du Tertre and the noble savages (1667), 128.-- An account fram the Jesuit Missions: Sieur de la Borde (1674), 138.-- Jean Baptiste Labat: A sojourn on Dominica (1722), 155.-- Part III, 169.-- First reconnaissances of the black Caribs (1700-1723), 171.-- The diary of Joseph Senhouse (1776), 180.-- Thomas Coke's Letter to Wesley (1788), 186.-- William Young and the black charaibs (1772/1795), 189.-- William Young's Tour of the Islands (1791), 210.--
Alexander Anderson and the Carib War in St Vincent (1798), 216.-- Part IV, 231.-- Priests and chiefs on Dominica (1856-1905), 233.--
The report of father du Lettré, 234.-- Letter from Father Clément-Désiré Ardois, 235.-- Letters addressed to the Hamilton Commission, 237.-- Father Suaudeau in the Country of the 'caralbes', 238.-- The ornithological eye: Frederick Ober (1880), 241.-- The Carib reserve: Henry Hesketh Bell (1902), 255.-- Report on the Caribs of Dominica, 258.-- Glimpses of a Govemor's life, 265.-- Frederick Treves and Victorine (1908), 273.-- Part V, 281.-- The 'Carib War' of 1930, 283.-- Visiting the Carib quarter: Jean Rhys (1936), 299.-- Anthropologist of the Caribs: Douglas Taylor (1941), 306.-- History in the movie-making: EIma Napier (1949), 317.-- The hittites of the Caribbean: Patrick Leigh Fermor (1950), 323.-- Whicker's Caribs: Alan Whicker (1964), 332.-- Still conquering the Caribbean: Anthony Weller (1983), 337.-- Carib gallery: José Barreiro (1990), 345.-- A note on sorne native caribbean words, 354.-- References, 357.-- Sources of extracts, 361.-- Index, 365.

Este libro presenta una antología de escritos sobre los habitantes amerindios del Caribe, a partir de fuentes tan diversas como los primeros informes de Colón, tratados misioneros franceses, los diarios de los administradores coloniales ingleses, y etnógrafos modernos, escritores de viajes y los directores de cine. Este material ha sido cuidadosamente seleccionado para ilustrar el desarrollo del conocimiento no amerindia y las actitudes hacia la sociedad y la cultura de los llamados 'Island caribes, que una vez dominó el conjunto de las Antillas Menores y que continúan a actuar hoy como una potente símbolo de la resistencia a, e independiente de, el estado-nación moderno. - Descripción.

Libro físico pertenece a la biblioteca del Dr. Roberto Cassá.

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