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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

By Matthew , Restall

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0195176111, 0195160770, 9780195160772, 9780195176117
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
2 MB (2516904 bytes)
Edition
Oxford University Press paperback.,1 st Reprint edition
Pages
xix, 218 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 2
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1519-1540 -- Historiography;Latin America -- Histoetc;Spaniards -- Historiography;America;Latin AmerHistoriography;Myth;Spaniards--America--Historiogrinventions

Description

Introduction. The lost words of Bernal Díaz -- 1. A handful of adventurers : the myth of exceptional men -- 2. Neither paid nor forced : the myth of the king's army -- 3. Invisible warriors : the myth of the white conquistador -- 4. Under the lordship of the king : the myth of completion -- 5. The lost words of La Malinche : the myth of (mis)communication -- 6. The Indians are coming to an end : the myth of native desolation -- 7. Apes and men : the myth of superiority -- Epilogue. Cuauhtémoc's betrayal.

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