Inventing America: Spanish Historiography and the Formation of Eurocentrism - Jose Rabasa - Books - University of Oklahoma Press - 9780806125398 - February 15, 1994
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Inventing America: Spanish Historiography and the Formation of Eurocentrism


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Argues that Columbus's historic act was the beginning of a process of inventing a new world in the 16th-century European consciousness. Using relevant texts, Rabasa shows how European missionaries and men of letters invented America as "the Other", whilst defining Europe as "the Self".


296 pages, 19 black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 15, 1994
ISBN13 9780806125398
Publishers University of Oklahoma Press
Pages 296
Dimensions 214 × 139 × 24 mm   ·   415 g
Language English  

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