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xvi, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. |
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The Bedford series in history and culture |
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Bedford series in history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Civilizations in Conflict -- A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica -- Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven -- Mexica Civilization and Society -- Renaissance Conquerors -- The Spanish Sources -- The Indigenous Historical Traditions -- The Documents -- Forebodings and Omens -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- Fray Martin de Jesus de la Coruna, Popular Auguries and Prophetic Dreams -- Diego Duran, from The History of the Indies of New Spain -- Preparations -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Hernan Cortes, Letters to Charles V -- Encounters -- Hernan Cortes, Letter to Charles V -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Andres de Tapia, Another Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- From the Lienzo de Tlaxcala -- Tenochtitlan -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche triste -- Francisco Lopez de Gomara, from Istoria de la conquista de Mexico -- From the Florentine Codex and the Codex Aubin -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan -- From Chronicles of Michoacan. |
| Summary |
"In 1519 Hernan Cortes and a small band of Spanish conquistadors overthrew the mighty Mexican empire of the Aztecs. Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and testimonies - many recently uncovered - of indigenous Nahua survivors, Victors and Vanquished clearly demonstrates how personal interests, class and ethnic biases, and political considerations influenced the interpretation of these momentous events."--Jacket. |
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Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Sources.
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Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Historiography.
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Indians -- First contact with Europeans -- Sources.
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America -- Early accounts to 1600.
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Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
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Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540) (OCoLC)fst01352532
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Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
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Indians -- First contact with Europeans.
(OCoLC)fst00969339
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America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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| Chronological Term |
1519-1540
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Early works. (OCoLC)fst01411636
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| Added Author |
Schwartz, Stuart B.
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| ISBN |
0312154089 (pbk.) |
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9780312154080 (pbk.) |
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0312228171 (hardcover) |
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9780312228170 (hardcover) |
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0312393555 |
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9780312393557 |
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