Books by Stephen J. Summerhill
“As the title indicates, it’s about contested history, cultural politics, and mythmaking. It focuses on the 1992 Quincentenary, which is absolutely crucial to understanding anything about Columbus since then. People say that they like how, in my book, I connect statues being pulled down in the 2020s back to the 19th century, and even back to Columbus’s own lifetime. And, absolutely, yes, but the huge event that took place between today and all of that is the 1992 Quincentenary, which was very contested.” Read more...
The best books on Christopher Columbus
Matthew Restall, Historian
Interviews where books by Stephen J. Summerhill were recommended
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Columbus: And the Conquest of the Impossible
by Felipe Fernández-Armesto -
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The Worlds of Christopher Columbus
by Carla Rahn Phillips & William D. Phillips Jr. -
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Toward the Setting Sun: Columbus, Cabot, Vespucci, and the Race for America
by David Boyle -
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library
by Edward Wilson-Lee -
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Sinking Columbus: Contested History, Cultural Politics, and Mythmaking during the Quincenterary
by Stephen J. Summerhill
The best books on Christopher Columbus, recommended by Matthew Restall
The best books on Christopher Columbus, recommended by Matthew Restall
Heroic explorer or harbinger of doom? The impact of Christopher Columbus has become the focus of intense debate—both ini academia and in the arena of popular opinion—in recent years. We asked noted scholar of colonial Latin American history Matthew Restall to recommend five of the best books that explore Columbus’s life and legacy.
