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Idea of a New General History of North America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

Idea of a New General History of North America

A Spaniard originally from Italy, the polymath Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci (1702–1753), known as Boturini, traveled to New Spain in 1736. Becoming fascinated by the Mesoamerican cultures of the New World, he collected and copied native writings—and learned Nahuatl, the language in which most of these documents were written. Boturini’s incomparable collection—confiscated, neglected, and dispersed after the Spanish crown condemned his intellectual pursuits—became the basis of his Idea of a New General History of North America. The volume, completed in 1746 and written almost entirely from memory, is presented here in English for the first time, along with the Catálogo, Boturini’s an...

How to Write the History of the New World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 490

How to Write the History of the New World

An Economist Book of the Year, 2001. In the 18th century, a debate ensued over the French naturalist Buffon’s contention that the New World was in fact geologically new. Historians, naturalists, and philosophers clashed over Buffon’s view. This book maintains that the “dispute” was also a debate over historical authority: upon whose sources and facts should naturalists and historians reconstruct the history of the New World and its people. In addressing this question, the author offers a strikingly novel interpretation of the Enlightenment.

A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 596

A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time

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  • Published: 1869
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Oxford History of Historical Writing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 750

The Oxford History of Historical Writing

Offers essays by leading scholars on the writing of history globally during the early modern era, from c.1400 to c.1800.

Bibliotheca Americana
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 602

Bibliotheca Americana

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1869
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Guadalupan Controversies in Mexico
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 350

The Guadalupan Controversies in Mexico

This is the first and only comprehensive work to deal with a relatively unknown facet of Mexican social and religious history, the debates over the historicity of the Guadalupe apparitions and the historical existence of Juan Diego.

Our Lady of Guadalupe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

Our Lady of Guadalupe

"A revised and expanded edition of this seminal history of the origins of the Guadalupe apparitions"--Provided by publisher.

Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy

Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy provides a much-needed overview of the life, work, and contribution of an important seventeenth-century historian. The volume explores the complexities of Alva Ixtlilxochitl's life and works, revising and broadening our understanding of his racial and cultural identity and his contribution to Mexican history.

Historical Nuggets
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 456

Historical Nuggets

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1862
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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