1492-1992

1492–1992 was first published in 1991. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.The essays and documents in this volume underscore the importance of writing as companion of Empire, while at the same time highlighting its subversive power as a series of counter-narratives emerge to contest the tactics and values of the "victors."Contributors: Rolena Adorno, Tom Conley, Antonio Gomez-Moriana, Beatriz Gonzalez, Rene Jara, Stephanie Merrim, Walter Mignolo, Beatriz Pastor, Jose Rabasa, Nicholas Spadaccini, and Iris Zavala.