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Weiner, Joshua.

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"Discoveries are not to be called conquests": Narrative, empire, and the ambiguity of conquest in Spain's American empire.

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	"Discoveries are not to be called conquests": Narrative, empire, and the ambiguity of conquest in Spain's American empire./
作者:	Weiner, Joshua.
面頁冊數:	334 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: A, page: 2681.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International70-07A.
標題:	History, Latin American. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3366053
ISBN:	9781109265927

"Discoveries are not to be called conquests": Narrative, empire, and the ambiguity of conquest in Spain's American empire.
Weiner, Joshua.

"Discoveries are not to be called conquests": Narrative, empire, and the ambiguity of conquest in Spain's American empire. - 334 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-07, Section: A, page: 2681.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northeastern University, 2009.

This dissertation focuses on the intellectual issues that surround the most dramatic form of human encounter: that of imperial conquest. By examining the modes of thought available to conquering societies I examine the way in which specific narrative traditions influence the process of justification and legitimization of expansion.

ISBN: 9781109265927Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017580
History, Latin American.

"Discoveries are not to be called conquests": Narrative, empire, and the ambiguity of conquest in Spain's American empire.
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520 $a Based on my analysis of a specific set of narratives created by Spanish in the Americas, a wide variety of published primary resources, and research in Spanish archives, I look into the narrative traditions of a number of societies in history, assess the construction of the reconquista narrative in Spain, and then cross the Atlantic to examine variety of interest groups that emerged across Spain's American empire and the narratives that were produced to justify those interests.
520 $a In successful cases the drama of conquest is normalized through the adoption or construction of legitimizing narratives that tap into prevailing societal self-conceptions or historical relationships. As examples of this I examine a diverse set of societies including China during the Han Dynasty, Sassanid Persia, Turkic states of central and western Asia, and the Ottoman Empire.
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520 $a Through this effort, this dissertation contributes to the general understanding of the role of ideas in empire while presenting the argument that Spain's American empire represented a novel case in world history and it was this unprecedented novelty that was responsible for many of the intellectual challenges that the empire faced. Additionally, I contend that the narrative challenges faced by Spain in the sixteenth century left important intellectual legacies for future empires.
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