The chief source--and, on many matters the only source--of information about what happened on the islands after Columbus came is Bartolome de las Casas, who, as a young priest, participated in the conquest of Cuba. ...he describes the Indians. ... They are not completely peaceful, because they do battle from time to time with other tribes, but ( Read more... )

While searching through the library's online catalogue to find something new to read, I happened upon a recommendation for Richard Florida's new book "Who's Your City." Not able to find much about it from the library, I switched over to Amazon for a better look. Oh, this is the guy who wrote "Rise of the Creative Class." Hmm, interesting. I ( Read more... )