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How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World - Cultural Sitings Jorge Canizares-Esguerra New edition
How to Write the History of the New World: Histories, Epistemologies, and Identities in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World - Cultural Sitings
Jorge Canizares-Esguerra
In the mid-18th century, the French naturalist Buffon contended that the New World was in fact geologically new and that it had recently emerged from the water. This text looks at the debate surrounding the geological history of the New World, and the effect on historiographical concepts.
472 pages, 54 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 16, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804746939 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 488 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 152 × 36 mm · 635 g |
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