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Victors and Vanquished
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Description for Victors and Vanquished
Paperback. Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture. Num Pages: 287 pages, biography. BIC Classification: YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
Series
The Bedford Series in History and Culture
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349626328
SKU
V9781349626328
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About Na Na
Stuart B. Schwartz is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University.
Reviews for Victors and Vanquished
"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 ... Read more