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Author:

Restall, Matthew, 1964-

Title:

Seven myths of the Spanish conquest / Matthew Restall.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xix, 218 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Mexico--Historiography.--Conquest, 1519-1540--Historiography.
Spaniards--America--Historiography.
Latin America--Errors, inventions, etc.--Errors, inventions, etc.
Myth.
Espagnols--Amérique--Historiographie.
Mythe.
Mexique--Histoire--1519-1540 (Conquête)
Amérique latine--Erreurs, inventions, etc.--Erreurs, inventions, etc.
Veroveringen.
Spanjaarden.
Mythevorming.
Geschiedschrijving.
História da américa.
História latino-americana.
Colonização (historiografia)--América.
Espanhóis (historiografia)--América.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index.

Contents:

A handful of adventurers: the myth of exceptional men -- Neither paid nor forced: the myth of the king's army -- Invisible warriors: the myth of the white conquistador -- Under the lordship of the king: the myth of completion -- The lost words of La Malinche: the myth of (mis)communication -- The Indians are coming to an end: the myth of native desolation -- Apes and men: the myth of superiority.

ISBN:

0195176111 (pbk.)
9780195176117 (pbk.)
9780195160772
0195160770

LCCN:

2002192492

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OYAX081 -- Boone Campus Library (Boone)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)