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Seven myths of the Spanish conquest / Matthew Restall

By:

Restall, Matthew, , 1964-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press , c2003.Description: xix, 218 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cmISBN:

9780195176117

Other title:

7 myths of the Spanish conquest

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS 980 RES

LOC classification:

F1230 .R47 2003

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.

Summary: The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortes, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, uncovering the source of the inaccuracies and exploding the fallacies and misconceptions behind each myth.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 980 RES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		034886

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

The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortes, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, uncovering the source of the inaccuracies and exploding the fallacies and misconceptions behind each myth.

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