The Story
Philip Boucher analyzes the imagesand the realitiesof 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 EuropeanAmerindian relations.
Description
Philip Boucher analyzes the imagesand the realitiesof 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 EuropeanAmerindian relations.
