Lecture Outline #3:
"Savage and Barbaric Peoples"
1. Encounters in the New World: the physical and economic impact
A. Demography
B. The growth of the slave trade in the Americas
2. Encounters in the New World: social and cultural relations
A. First contacts: the honeymoon period
B. From Contact to Conflict
3. Constructing the Barbarian in the 16th and 17th centuries
A. Nature’s Slaves
B.The Slavery Debate and the Problem of Classification
| Keywords: barbarian |
Sites
of Interest: Indigenous Cultures of the Americas A page of links about Incas, Aztecs, Tainos, and other indigenous cultures of the Americas |