The lords of human kind European attitudes to other cultures in the Imperial Age

Kiernan, Victor.

The lords of human kind European attitudes to other cultures in the Imperial Age - London Zed Books 2015 - xxviii, 354 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

When European explorers went out into the world to open up trade routes and establish colonies, they brought back much more than silks and spices, cotton and tea. Inevitably, they also brought back impressions of the people with whom they came into contact?impressions that, while occasionally admiring, were more often hostile or contemptuous.

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Indigenous peoples.

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