Tree of Hate : Propaganda and Prejudices Affecting United States Relations with the Hispanic World

First published in the early 1970s, Tree of Hate 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. "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."--Journal of American History First published in the early 1970s, Tree of Hate 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."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."-- Journal of American History Tree Of Hate 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 -- Amazon. Introducing The Hispanophobic Fallacy -- Spain In America : The Real And The Unreal -- Roots Of Hispanophobia -- The Paper Wars -- The Arrogance Of Enlightenment -- Of Matricide And American Dogmas -- Educating America, In Chiaroscuro -- Bedevilment In Foreign Policy -- Perspectives And Prescription. Bibliography: P. 185-198. Beginning in the sixteenth century when Spain was the summit power in Europe and master of the first gobal empire, there developed anti-Spanish propaganda and prejudices that became entrenched in history, establishing a Western tradition of denigration and belittlement of Spain, Spaniards, and most of their works. This tradition is know as the Black Legend Tree of Hate 3 Copyright 4 Contents 7 Preface 9 Introduction 11 Part I 17 Chapter 1 19 Chapter 2 30 Part II 53 Chapter 3 55 Chapter 4 76 Chapter 5 109 Chapter 6 129 Part III 145 Chapter 7 147 Chapter 8 161 Chapter 9 175 Notes 185 Bibliography 201 Acknowledgments 215 Index 219 082634576X,9780826345769,0465087507,9780465087501 University of New Mexico Press This work is an exploration of 'the Black Legend', the popular myth that colonial Spain and her military religious agents were brutal and unrelenting in their conquest of the Americas It deals with the history of Mexico, after the Conquest, and people's negative perception of Spain as a result of the Conquest, refering to this negativism as the"Black Legend." An 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.