Tree of Hate

<p>First published in the early 1970s <em>Tree of Hate</em> 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.</p><p> </p><p>"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."--<em>Journal of American History</em></p><p> </p>