{"product_id":"bartolome-de-las-casas-and-the-conquest-of-the-americas-paperback","title":"Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence A. Clayton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar who fervently defended the American Indians, and the single most important figure of the period after Columbus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the period known as the Encounter, which was characterized by intensive conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that Las Casas, 'protector of Indians, ' was primarily motivated by Scripture in his crusade for justice and equality for American Indians\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on the 14 volume Complete Works of Las Casas as a window into his mind and actions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages students to understand history through the viewpoint of individuals living it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Christopher Columbus, Bartolomé de las Casas is the single most important figure in the period known as the Encounter, a time of intensive conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages. In this book, Clayton provides a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience and acts of Las Casas.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Las Casas, a Dominican friar, witnessed the brutality of the Spanish explorers early in the conquest. Motivated above all by Christian scripture, he turned on the conquistadors with a passion that made him the most prominent defender and protector of the native peoples of the Americas. He led a lifelong crusade to secure justice for Amerindians within a Christian framework of justice and equality. Through Las Casas's story, Clayton explores the major events and conflicts of the period, including the relationship between colonizers and colonized and the burgeoning trade in African slaves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The book allows readers to enter the world of the Encounter through the eyes of an individual who not only lived through the period, but was crucial in forming it. In doing so, it provides a foundation for understanding the early days of Spanish exploration, settlement, and conquest, a period which set the stage for the creation of the modern civilization of the Americas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence A. Clayton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of History at the University of Alabama. His books include \u003ci\u003eA History of Modern Latin America, second edition \u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003ePeru and the United States: The Condor and the Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eThe De Soto Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e (editor, 1993). He is currently writing the first major biography of Las Casas in more than a generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 18, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978552049965,"sku":"9781405194280","price":41.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/J-PfcVkJGn_3JpLTRab7JQ.webp?v=1775805769","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/bartolome-de-las-casas-and-the-conquest-of-the-americas-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}