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The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the

Pagden, Anthony. The Fall of Natural Man: The American Indian and the Origins of Comparative Ethnology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.

Why this matters here

Pagden analyzes European arguments about Indigenous peoples during early colonial encounters. The chapter cites this intellectual history as a distinct interpretation alongside Hanke's Valladolid study.