"Although the various essays focus on different sets of issues and perspectives, the unifying theme of linguistic or communicative interaction ties them together in complementary ways ... The editors and authors ... have done an excellent job of avoiding esoteric methodologies ... This is a very acceptable interdisciplinary book that will be essential for anyone interested in European and indigenous contacts in the colonial period." - H-Net Reviews (H-LatAm)

"This collection is a very welcome addition to scholarship on Native-European encounters in the New World ... Both the broad...