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Columbus and the Ends of the Earth Europe's Prophetic Rhetoric As Conquering Ideology
by Kadir, Djelal
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- Comments: Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Edge bumped. Marginalia through out. xiv, 256 p., 23 cm. <br> Columbus is the first blazing star in a constellation of explorers whose right to claim and conquer each new land mass they encountered was absolutely unquestioned by their countrymen. Columbus and the Ends of the Earth brings to life the system of religious beliefs that made the imperial taking of the New World not only possible but laudable. The language of prophecy and divine prede
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- ISBN-13: 9780520074422
- ISBN: 0520074424
- Publisher: University of California Press
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"A brilliant, innovative reading of Columbus and the colonization ideology."--Julio Ortega, Brown University "A brilliantly original imaginative reconstruction of the mental climate that spawned the heroes of the age of discovery."--Hayden White, author ofMetahistoryKadir, Djelal is the author of 'Columbus and the Ends of the Earth Europe's Prophetic Rhetoric As Conquering Ideology' with ISBN 9780520074422 and ISBN 0520074424.
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