"the flesh and excrements of man as well of our own nation as of an Indian, digged by some out of his grave after he had lain buried three days and wholly devoured him"
"We must not accept the memory of states as our own. Nations are not communities and never have been. Th history of any country, presented as the history of a family, conceals fierce conflicts of interest between conuerors and conquered, masters and slaves, capitalists and workers, dominators and dom"
""Jacksonian Democracy" had tried to create a consensus of support for the system to make it secure. Blacks, Indians, women, and foreigners were clearly otside the consensus. But also, white working people, in large numbers, declared themselves outside"
"Las Casas tells how the Spaniards "grew more conceited every day" and after a while refuse to walk any distance. They "rode the back of Indians if they were in a hurry" or were carried on hammock by Indians running in relays. "In this case they also had Indians carry large leaves to shade them from "
"Total control led to total cruelty."
作者简介
霍华德·津恩(1922年8月24日-2010年1月27日),美国左翼历史学家,政治学者,社会评论家,剧作家。二十世纪六十年代以来,在美国民权、反战活动中相当活跃。著作颇丰。代表作为《美国人民史》(A People's History of the United States),试图从美国下层人民、弱势群体的视角和社会活动挖掘“另类”史料,考察美国的历史和传统。