The Darker Side of the Renaissance: Literacy, Territoriality, and Colonization
- ISBN-10
- 0472089315
- ISBN-13
- 9780472089314
- Category
- Architecture, Renaissance
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Author
- Walter Mignolo
Description
An exploration of the role of the book, the map, and the European concept of literacy in the conquest of the New World
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