Victors and Vanquished - Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico

Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and from testimonies - many recently uncovered - of indigenous Nahua survivors gathered by Bernardino de Sahagun, Victors and Vanquished clearly demonstrates how personal interests, class and ethnic biases, and political considerations can influence interpretation of events. A substantial introduction is followed by 9 chronological sections that illuminate the major events and personalities in this powerful historical episode and reveal the changing attitudes toward European expansionism.

A propos de l'auteur

Stuart B. Schwartz is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University.

Commentaire

"Schwartz has made readily available to the lay reader much of the specialist work on this period in this highly recommended book." - History: Reviews of New Books
"[What] emerges from Schwartz's arrangement of the sources is a fairly nuanced vision of the political situation in central Mexico during this epic clash of cultures." - The Sixteenth Century Journal

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Na Na
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349626328
• ISBN: 978-1-349-62632-8
• Pages: 287
• Thèmes: The Bedford Series in History and Culture; Bedford Series in History and; The Bedford Series in History and Culture
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Livres scolaires pour élèves; Littérature spécialisée > Dictionnaire, ouvrages de référence > Dictionnaires, encyclopédies; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Sciences humaines en général; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences naturelles en général; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences sociales en général