Tree Of Hate

Powell, Fred Wilbur

ISBN 10: 0465087507 / ISBN 13: 9780465087501

Published by Basic Books, 1971

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Tree Of Hate

Publisher: Basic Books

Publication Date: 1971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: new

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Synopsis:

First published in the early 1970s, Tree of Hate is Philip Powell's exploration of "the Black Legend"--the popular myth that colonial Spain and her military and religious agents were brutal and unrelenting in their conquest of the Americas.

"Powell seeks not merely to trace the origins of what he calls Hispanophobia but to analyze its impact on American education, textbooks, religion, and especially foreign policy. . . . The evidence easily demonstrates that English-speaking scholars and diplomats speak with a biased tongue. . . . Too many critics of Spain, to use Powell's central theme, have merely erected a 'Tree of Hate' out of ignorance or to justify their own prejudices and activities. . . . Powell's book deserves careful reading."--Journal of American History

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"Powell seeks not merely to trace the origins of what he calls Hispanophobia but to analyze its impact on American education, textbooks, religion, and especially foreign policy."--Journal of American History