Avantages Et Desavantages De La Decouverte De l'Amerique: Chastellux, Raynal Et Le Concours De l'Academie De Lyon

Did the discovery of America harm or benefit humankind? This collection of texts can be boiled down to two contradictory visions of the New World: an America where the worst aspects of pro-slavery Europe are clear to see; and a reinvigorated America that has successfully established the constitutional utopia of a harmonious republic.