Author : Philip P. Boucher
Release : 2009-04-27
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 993/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cannibal Encounters by : Philip P. Boucher
Download or read book Cannibal Encounters written by Philip P. Boucher. This book was released on 2009-04-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Boucher analyzes the images—and the realities—of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations. -- Robert A. Myers, Alfred University