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  1. The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the Origins of Comparative Ethnology (Cambridge Iberian & Latin American Studies)
    The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the Origins of Comparative Ethnology (Cambridge Iberian & Latin American Studies)
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    De Re Publica: Selections (Cambridge Greek & Latin Classics)
  3. The Population History of England 1541-1871 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy & Society in Past Time)
    The Population History of England 1541-1871 (Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy & Society in Past Time)
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    The Great Wall of China: From History to Myth (Canto Original S.)
  5. The Old World and the New: 1492-1650 (Canto S.)
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  6. The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487 (Cambridge Illustrated Atlases)
    The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768-1487 (Cambridge Illustrated Atlases)
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    The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade
  8. An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
    An Essay on the History of Civil Society (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
  9. Mr. Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the "Bounty" (Canto S.)
    Mr. Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the "Bounty" (Canto S.)
  10. The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC
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  12. Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
    Women Waging Law in Elizabethan England (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
  13. The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990 (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
    The Rise and Rise of Road Transport, 1700-1990 (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
  14. The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
    The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
  15. The Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850-1939 (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
    The Growth of Big Business in the United States and Western Europe, 1850-1939 (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
  16. Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860 (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
    Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860 (New Studies in Economic & Social History)
  17. The Culture of Clothing: Dress and Fashion in the Ancien Regime (Past & Present Publications)
    The Culture of Clothing: Dress and Fashion in the Ancien Regime (Past & Present Publications)
  18. Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I
    Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I
  19. The Culture of the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in Sixteenth Century Rome
    The Culture of the High Renaissance: Ancients and Moderns in Sixteenth Century Rome
  20. Revolutions 1789-1917 (Cambridge Perspectives in History)
    Revolutions 1789-1917 (Cambridge Perspectives in History)
  21. The Putney Debates of 1647: The Army, the Levellers and the English State
    The Putney Debates of 1647: The Army, the Levellers and the English State
  22. Bioarchaeology: Interpreting Behavior from the Human Skeleton (Cambridge Studies in Biological & Evolutionary Anthropology)
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  23. Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI
    Kingship and Politics in the Reign of Edward VI
  24. The Origins of the European Economy: Communications and Commerce AD 300-900
    The Origins of the European Economy: Communications and Commerce AD 300-900
  25. Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery (Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History)
    Central and Eastern Europe, 1944-1993: Detour from the Periphery to the Periphery (Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History)
The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the Origins of Comparative Ethnology (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies)
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    		The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the Origins of Comparative Ethnology (Cambridge Iberian and Latin American Studies)
    Anthony Pagden
    Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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    Binding: Paperback

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    ASIN: 0521337046

    Book Description

    This book gives a new interpretation of the reception of the new world by the old. It is the first in-depth study of the pre-Enlightenment methods by which Europeans attempted to describe and classify the American Indian and his society. Between 1512 and 1724 a simple determinist view of human society was replaced by a more sophisticated relativist approach. Anthony Pagden uses new methods of technical analysis, already developed in philosophy and anthropology, to examine four groups of writers who analysed Indian culture: the sixteenth-century theologian, Francisco de Vitoria, and his followers; the ‘champion of the Indians’ Bartolomé de Las Casas; and the Jesuit historians José de Acosta and Joseph François Lafitau. Dr Pagden explains the sources for their theories and how these conditioned their observations. He also examines for the first time the key terms in each writer’s vocabulary - words such as ‘barbarian’ and ‘civil’ - and the assumptions that lay beneath them.

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