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Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640

Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640 Trade paperback - 2010

by Seed, Patricia

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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 14th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Fourteenth printing. Rear cover creased, remainder mark. 2010 Trade Paperback. viii, 199 pp. This work of comparative history explores the array of ceremonies that the English, the Spanish, the French, the Portuguese and the Dutch performed to enact their taking possession of the New World. The book develops the historic cultural contexts of these ceremonies, and tackles the implications of these histories for contemporary nation-states of the post-colonial era.
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  • Title Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640
  • Author Seed, Patricia
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition 14th Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Date 2010
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2338675
  • ISBN 9780521497572 / 0521497574
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.93 x 5.96 x 0.44 in (22.68 x 15.14 x 1.12 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects America - Discovery and exploration, Rites and ceremonies - America - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95008447
  • Dewey Decimal Code 970.01

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This work of comparative history explores the array of ceremonies that Europeans performed to enact their taking possession of the New World. Frenchmen reproduced the grandeur of royal processions wherever possible, always ending in dialogue with the indigenous peoples. Spaniards made solemn speeches before launching military attacks. Dutchmen drew intensely detailed maps, scrutinizing harbors and coastlines as they disembarked. The Portuguese superimposed the grid of latitudes upon lands they were later to take by the sword. The English calmly laid out fences and hedges in the manner of their native shires. Through such activities each power considered itself to be creating imperial authority over the Americas; yet each failed to acknowledge the same significance in the ceremonies of other powers. This book develops the historic cultural contexts of these ceremonies and tackles the implications of these histories for contemporary nation-states of the postcolonial era.

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