The Contact of Cultures
Perspectives on the Quincentenary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11824381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Irwin Altman (0000-0003-2510-938X, corresponding author), Ida Altman, Reginald D Butler |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 478-478 |
| Publication date | 1994-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8762 • E-ISSN: 1937-5239 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2167286 |
| OpenAlex | W1985695912 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
WHETHER REGARDED AS AN OPPORTUNITY to reach a wider public than usually takes an interest in events remote in time and place, an occasion for scholarly reflection and discussion, or an opportunity to air grievances both historical and contemporary, the Columbian Quincentenary elicited a range of institutional, individual, and collective responses. There were symposia, exhibitions, publications, debates, demonstrations, the multimillion-dollar construction of a lighthouse, even an automobile rally. Depending on one's expectations, the activities connected with the approach and observance of the Quincentenary might have proved heartening, frustrating, disappointing, or absurd. In its aftermath, members of the scholarly community who have not done so before would do well to consider the relevant scholarship that has emerged, generally with considerably less fanfare than other aspects of the commemoration.1 The scholarly work that appeared during the few years leading up to and culminating in the 500th anniversary of the first Columbian voyage is notably solid, subtle, varied, and stimulating. The best of it obviously is the product of long-term research and thought. This scholarship not only offers significant new bodies of material but also utilizes methods of analysis from a range of disciplines (anthropology, history, art history, literature) that at least in some realms of inquiry (the study of contacts among
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| Citations per year | 0.19 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2009 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |