Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Robertson Ritchie 1 Types of Cultural Encounter Contacts, Collisions and Relationships 2 The System of Limited Contacts The Portuguese in Africa and Asia 3 Cultural Collision The Spaniards on Hispaniola 4 Missionary Work as a Cultural Relationship The French in Canada 5 Cultural Relationship as ‘Holy Experiment’ The English in Pennsylvania 6 The ‘Controlled Relationship’ The Europeans in China 7 Cultural Contact as a Scientific Challenge The English and French in the South Seas Notes Index