{"product_id":"colonial-encounters-europe-and-the-native-caribbean-1492-1797-1st-ed","title":"Colonial Encounters: Europe and the Native Caribbean, 1492-1797 — 1st Ed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eColonial Encounters: Europe and the Native Caribbean, 1492-1797, Peter Hulme — 1st Edition \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"91\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Methuen \u0026amp; Co. Ltd, 1986\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"136\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. xv, 348.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"166\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine. The dark cloth boards remain exceptionally sharp, rigid, and entirely free of bumping or shelf-wear, with the gilt spine titling remaining notably bright and unoxidised. The binding is tight and square, indicative of an unread or carefully handled copy. The text block edges display only the faintest whisper of age-appropriate toning, typical of the paper stock used during this period, while internally the leaves are bright, crisp, and entirely free of foxing. The accompanying dust jacket remains vibrant and largely free of sunning, showing only superficial rubbing and minuscule wear to the extreme upper edges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"840\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first edition, first impression of Hulme's seminal work on post-colonial theory and Caribbean history. Issued in a robust hardcover binding, this true first edition is increasingly difficult to source in such an excellent, well-preserved state, as many copies were heavily used in academic institutional settings or purchased as the later paperback issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe dust jacket features a striking historical reproduction on the front panel, an illustration of 'Robinson Crusoe rescues Man Friday' taken from a 1790 edition of Defoe's novel, which serves as a visual thesis for the book's central themes regarding the European colonial gaze. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"1509\"\u003eColonial Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e offers a provocative and highly influential examination of the emergence of colonial discourse in the Americas. Through meticulous textual analysis of European writings, ranging from the early logbooks of Christopher Columbus and Shakespeare's \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"1772\"\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e to eighteenth-century popular romantic tales like the story of Inkle and Yarico, Hulme dissects the ideological frameworks used to rationalise European expansion and subjugation in the extended Caribbean. By contrasting the European self-conception of 'civilisation' against the constructed narrative of indigenous 'savagery' and cannibalism, this work unmasks the rhetorical underpinnings of colonialism and remains a cornerstone text in post-colonial studies and Caribbean historiography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55393415496019,"sku":"6200","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261012_150549.jpg?v=1792076360","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/colonial-encounters-europe-and-the-native-caribbean-1492-1797-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}