Family in terms of the five institutional characteristics of government

September 29, 2023

There are five institutional characteristics that define a government, and that every government possesses; these are sovereignty, hierarchy (or authority), law, sanctions, and succession. As we established in a previous essay, the family matches each of these characteristics, and is thus considered to be…
Why de Vaca’s memoir was more memorable than that of Las Casas

September 29, 2023

Bartolome de Las Casas’ a Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America are both important literary memoirs published during the 1540s by Spanish authors. While both are memoirs of the…
Why revisionist history is not covered in American history textbooks

September 29, 2023

The history of America is widely believed to have begun in 1492, when Columbus famously sailed from Europe to North America. This is considered to be the discovery of the New World, which was a major landmark in history. However, many have theorized that…

Family in terms of the five institutional characteristics of government

Why de Vaca’s memoir was more memorable than that of Las Casas