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The dispute of the New World; the history of a polemic, 1750-1900
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- Revised and enlarged edition translated by Jeremy Moyle
- [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, [1973]
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- xviii, 700 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780822960812, 9780822973829, 9781322068626, 0822932504, 9780822932505, 0822973820, 1322068623, 0822960818
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- ocn643567767, ocm00631841, ocn772510663, ocn617997819
- Published in 1955 under title: La disputa del Nuovo Mondo.
- Bibliography: pages 631-669.
- 1. Buffon and the inferiority of the animal species in America -- 2. Some figures of the Enlightenment -- 3. De Pauw and the inferiority of the men of America -- 4. European reactions to de Pauw -- 5. The second phase of the dispute -- 6. The reaction to de Pauw in Spanish America -- 7. Hegel and his contemporaries -- 8. The dispute's trivialization and obstinate vitality -- 9. Supplements and digressions