The Spanish Struggle for Justice in the Conquest of America

by Lewis Hanke

Book Overview

When Spain embarked on her conquest of America, it was no easy task for the crown to see that justice prevailed in her new dominions. Efforts in this direction became basically a spirited defense of the right of the Indians, a story unique in the history of empire-building. This concern for justice, especially in the treatment of the Indians, can be understood only in relation to the political and spiritual climate of opinion in sixteenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0019XCXHA
• ISBN13: 9781512802054
• Release Date: June 1949
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.