European contact may refer to discovery:
- European discovery of the Americas
exploration:
- European exploration of Australia
- European exploration of Africa
colonization:
- Colonialism
- Colonization of Africa
- European colonization of the Americas
Or the effects of the contact:
- Population history of American indigenous peoples
- Columbian Exchange
- Christianity in Japan
Famous quotes containing the words european and/or contact:
“In verity ... we are the poor. This humanity we would claim for ourselves is the legacy, not only of the Enlightenment, but of the thousands and thousands of European peasants and poor townspeople who came here bringing their humanity and their sufferings with them. It is the absence of a stable upper class that is responsible for much of the vulgarity of the American scene. Should we blush before the visitor for this deficiency?”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
“It can be demonstrated that the child’s contact with the real world is strengthened by his periodic excursions into fantasy. It becomes easier to tolerate the frustrations of the real world and to accede to the demands of reality if one can restore himself at intervals in a world where the deepest wishes can achieve imaginary gratification.”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)