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The Broken Spears

By Miguel , León-Portilla

Book information

Publisher
Beacon Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780807095454, 9780807055007
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2280474 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.

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