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CANNIBAL ENCOUNTERS
EUROPEANS AND ISLAND CARIBS, 1492-1763 |
| By: |
Philip P. Boucher |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£26.50 |
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£23.85 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0801890993 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780801890994 |
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| Publisher: |
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 2008 |
| Series: |
Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Description: |
Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations. |
| Synopsis: |
Philip Boucher analyzes the images-and the realities-of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations. |
| Illustrations: |
13 Halftones, black and white |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of French Colonial Historical Society Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize |
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