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Cannibal Encounters

by Philip P. Boucher

Series:Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture (1992)

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Winner of the French Colonial Historical Society's Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize Philip Boucher analyzes the images--and the realities--of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of show more European-Amerindian relations. show less

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Philip P. Boucher

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Philip P. Boucher is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

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Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize (1993)

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Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture

35 works (1992)

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Canonical title: Cannibal Encounters
Original title: Cannibal Encounters: Europeans and Island Caribs, 1492-1763
Original publication date: 1992
Important places: Caribbean Region; British West Indies; French West Indies; West Indies
Original language: English

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 3
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Published: 1992
Genres: Anthropology, History, Nonfiction, Travel, General Nonfiction, Art & Design, Literature Studies and Criticism
DDC/MDS: 972.9
LCC: F1505.2 .C3 .B68

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