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What is the standing of a sovereign nation and what are its rights
relative to other sovereign nations? What is our obligation to
pursue peace? Can intervention in the affairs of another sovereign
nation be justified? Who, if any one, has the right to intervene?
In this short essay, Kant completes his political theory and
philosophy of history, considering the prospects for peace among
nations and addressing questions that remain central to our
thoughts about nationalism, war, and peace. Ted Humphrey provides
an eminently readable translation, along with a brief introduction
that sketches Kant's argument.
This rugged new translation--the first entirely new English
translation in half a century and the only one based on the most
recent critical edition of the Guatemalan MS--allows Diaz to
recount, in his own battle-weary and often cynical voice, the
achievements, stratagems, and frequent cruelty of Hernando Cortes
and his men as they set out to overthrow Moctezuma's Aztec kingdom
and establish a Spanish empire in the New World. The concise
contextual introduction to this volume traces the origins, history,
and methods of the Spanish enterprise in the Americas; it also
discusses the nature of the conflict between the Spanish and the
Aztecs in Mexico, and compares Diaz's version of events to those of
other contemporary chroniclers. Editorial glosses summarize omitted
portions, and substantial footnotes explain those terms, names, and
cultural references in Diaz's text that may be unfamiliar to modern
readers. A chronology of the Conquest is included, as are a guide
to major figures, a select bibliography, and three maps.
Ideally suited for use in swift-moving surveys of World, Atlantic,
and Latin American history, this abridgment of Ted Humphrey and
Janet Burke's 2012 translation of the True History provides key
excerpts from Diaz's text and concise summaries of omitted
passages. Included in this edition is a new preface outlining the
social, economic, and political forces that motivated the European
discovery of the New World.
This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin
American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in
articulating and examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese
America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence.
The selections represent all major regions of Latin America.
Although these regions differ significantly with regard to
indigenous background, geography, climate, and available resources,
their people confronted the common problems that surround the
intractable challenges of statecraft and nation building: issues of
race, international relations, economics, education, and
self-understanding. Burke and Humphrey provide fresh, accessible
translations of key works, a majority of which appear for the first
time in English; a General Introduction that sets the works in
historical and intellectual context; detailed headnotes for each
selection; a Guide to Themes; and bibliographic references.
Ideally suited for use in swift-moving surveys of World, Atlantic,
and Latin American history, this abridgment of Ted Humphrey and
Janet Burke's 2012 translation of the True History provides key
excerpts from Diaz's text and concise summaries of omitted
passages. Included in this edition is a new preface outlining the
social, economic, and political forces that motivated the European
discovery of the New World.
This rugged new translation--the first entirely new English
translation in half a century and the only one based on the most
recent critical edition of the Guatemalan MS--allows Diaz to
recount, in his own battle-weary and often cynical voice, the
achievements, stratagems, and frequent cruelty of Hernando Cortes
and his men as they set out to overthrow Moctezuma's Aztec kingdom
and establish a Spanish empire in the New World. The concise
contextual introduction to this volume traces the origins, history,
and methods of the Spanish enterprise in the Americas; it also
discusses the nature of the conflict between the Spanish and the
Aztecs in Mexico, and compares Diaz's version of events to those of
other contemporary chroniclers. Editorial glosses summarize omitted
portions, and substantial footnotes explain those terms, names, and
cultural references in Diaz's text that may be unfamiliar to modern
readers. A chronology of the Conquest is included, as are a guide
to major figures, a select bibliography, and three maps.
This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin
American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in
articulating and examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese
America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence.
The selections represent all major regions of Latin America.
Although these regions differ significantly with regard to
indigenous background, geography, climate, and available resources,
their people confronted the common problems that surround the
intractable challenges of statecraft and nation building: issues of
race, international relations, economics, education, and
self-understanding. Burke and Humphrey provide fresh, accessible
translations of key works, a majority of which appear for the first
time in English; a General Introduction that sets the works in
historical and intellectual context; detailed headnotes for each
selection; a Guide to Themes; and bibliographic references.
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