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Author:

Restall, Matthew, 1964-

Title:

Seven myths of the Spanish conquest / Matthew Restall.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Spaniards--America--Historiography.
Myth.
Mexico--Historiography.--Conquest, 1519-1540--Historiography.
Latin America--Errors, inventions, etc.--Errors, inventions, etc.

Notes:

Originally published: 2003. Donated by Graceland History Club, 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780195176117 (pbk.)
0195176111 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56695639

Locations:

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)