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020			_a9781139047401 (ebook)
020			_z9781107001213 (hardback)
020			_z9780521171793 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aE125.C4 _bC525 2012
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100	1		_aClayton, Lawrence A., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aBartolomé de las Casas : _bA Biography / _cLawrence A. Clayton.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (504 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThe Dominican priest Bartolomé de las Casas (1485–1566) was a prominent chronicler of the early Spanish conquest of the Americas, a noted protector of the American Indians and arguably the most significant figure in the early Spanish Empire after Christopher Columbus. Following an epiphany in 1514, Las Casas fought the Spanish control of the Indies for the rest of his life, writing vividly about the brutality of the Spanish conquistadors. Once a settler and exploiter of the American Indians, he became their defender, breaking ground for the modern human rights movement. Las Casas brought his understanding of Christian scripture to the forefront in his defense of the Indians, challenging the premise that the Indians of the New World were any less civilized or capable of practising Christianity than Europeans. Bartolomé de las Casas: A Biography is the first major English-language and scholarly biography of Las Casas' life in a generation.
650		0	_aIndians, Treatment of
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107001213
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139047401
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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