Virtues of the Indian/Virtudes del indio

Presented in a parallel text translation this important book brings the work of the controversial and powerful Bishop Juan de Palafox to non-Spanish speakers for the first time. A seminal document in the history of colonial Mexico and imperial Spain <I>Virtues of the Indian</I> tells us as much about the Mexican natives as about the ideas images and representations upon which the Spanish Empire in America was built. The deeply-informed introduction biographical essay and annotations that accompany this vivid translation further explore the turbulent Palafox's thought and actions contributing to a better knowledge of a key figure in the history of Spanish colonialism in the New World.