Bücher von Department of History

Between 1865 and 1890, most American labour reform organizations advocated ""co-operation"" over ""competitive"" capitalism and thousands of co-operatives opened during this era. This text examines the experiences of working men and women as they built their co-operatives during this era.

The Dominican priest Bartolome de las Casas (1485-1566) was a prominent chronicler of the early Spanish conquest of the Americas, a noted protector of the American Indians and arguably the most significant figure in the early Spanish Empire after Christopher Columbus. This is the first major English-language and scholarly biography of Las Casas' life in a generation.