Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth - Tapa blanda

Koning, Hans

 
9780853458258: Columbus: His Enterprise: Exploding the Myth
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ISBN 10: 0853458251 ISBN 13: 9780853458258
Editorial: monthly review press, 1992

Sinopsis

Most of us have been taught to think of Christopher Columbus as a single-minded, courageous visionary whose navigational skills led him to “discover” the Americas. In this beautifully written revisionist biography, accessible to people of all ages, Hans Koning gives us the true history of Columbus’ life and voyages.

Koning describes how Columbus’ consuming drive to send mountains of gold back to Spain shaped his life, beginning the story with his childhood in Genoa and ending after his return from his fourth and final voyage, an old man in disgrace. He shows how Columbus’ discovery led to the enrichment of the conquerors through the plunder and murder of the native peoples of the Americas.

In an afterword for teachers, Bill Bigelow a high school social studies teacher and the author of several curricula shows how the book can be imaginatively used in the classroom to teach students to read history skeptically.

"The book is an idea that has finally found its time."
--Publisher's Weekly

"I think your book on Christopher Columbus is important. I'm more grateful for that book than any other book I have read in a couple of years."
--Kurt Vonnegut

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Acerca del autor

(1921-2007) was a journalist and novelist.Four of his novels were made into films. Koning was born in Amsterdam (as Hans Koningsberger), fought with the Dutch Resistance and the British Army during the Second World War, and traveled widely before settling in the United States.

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Editorial
monthly review press
Año de publicación
1992
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0853458251
ISBN 13 
9780853458258
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
142
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
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9780853453796: Columbus: His Enterprise

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ISBN 10:  0853453799 ISBN 13:  9780853453796
Editorial: Monthly Review Press,U.S., 1976
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