The Language Encounter in the Americas, 1492-1800

The Language Encounter in the Americas, 1492-1800When Columbus arrived in the Americas there were, it is believed, as many as 2,000 distinct, mutually unintelligible tongues spoken in the western hemisphere, encompassing the entire area from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. This astonishing fact has generally escaped the attention of historians, in part because many of these indigenous languages have since become extinct. And yet the burden of overcoming America's language barriers was perhaps

Stephan Lehnstaedt provides a nuanced

Latin grammar cross-referenced to the usage of Caesar and twelve colour maps illustrating Caesar's campaigns and battles

and Leonard Woolf all participated in Forster’s early translation project

and others that have not only survived but continue to flourish

This book offers the first extensive treatment in a European language of tawba in Islam

This book’s unique contribution is its exploration of the legal questions and embedded philosophical issues that flow from being able to transfer a copy of a person’s mind into a synthetic body that lives forever

reflecting their differing assumptions about the limits of reason

and Buddhist

The contributors articulate the male experience in the Holocaust as something obvious (the everywhere of masculinities) and yet invisible (the nowhere of masculinities)

evidence-informed practice

Other chapters suggest how citizens can interpret differing opinions within scientific communities on issues of clear public relevance

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