Mexico and the Spanish conquest
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Mexico and the Spanish conquest
（Modern wars in perspective）
Longman, 1994
- : hard
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 170-179
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hard ISBN 9780582068285
Description
Most historians of the Spanish conquest of Mexico (1518) are necessarily dependent on the first-hand accounts of the Spanish conquistadores themselves. This has created a highly distorted and implausible view of the Conquest as a near-miraculous victory for a handful of Europeans, and for European cultural, spiritual and technological superiority, over a huge empire with hundreds of thousands of soldiers at its command. The truth is more complex. Professor Hassig reintroduces the Indians into their own history, retelling the story from the point of view of the invaded rather than the invaders. He shows that it was crucially the internal disunity of the Indians - their fragmented political and military organization and divided aims - that created the conditions for Aztec defeat. Ross Hassig covers the conquest of Mexico from the first Spanish expeditions into the New World to the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. It gives the background to the complex story of Mexico before the arrival of the Spaniards, and analyses the distinctive nature of Aztec political organization and warfare.
Table of Contents
- Najuatl pronunciation guide
- the Spanish background to the Conquest of Mexico
- Mesoamerica and the Aztecs
- the discovery of Yucatan
- the conquest of Central Mexico
- the march to Tenochtitlan
- Moteuczoma's Tenochtitlan
- flight and recovery
- the return to Tenochtitlan
- conquest and defeat
- aftermath
- consequence and conclusion.
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: pbk ISBN 9780582068292
Description
This pioneering work examines the Conquest of Mexico from the first Spanish movement into the New World to the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Most historians necessarily depend on first-hand Spanish accounts, which has led to a highly distorted -- and essentially implausible -- view of the Conquest as a near-miraculous victory for European cultural, spiritual and technological superiority. Professor Hassig reintroduces the Indians into their own history, showing that it was crucially their goals, organization and internal divisions that were responsible for the Aztec defeat. Vivid and engrossing, this book (launching a major new series) will prove as rewarding to general readers as to specialists.
Table of Contents
- Najuatl pronunciation guide
- the Spanish background to the Conquest of Mexico
- Mesoamerica and the Aztecs
- the discovery of Yucatan
- the conquest of Central Mexico
- the march to Tenochtitlan
- Moteuczoma's Tenochtitlan
- flight and recovery
- the return to Tenochtitlan
- conquest and defeat
- aftermath
- consequence and conclusion.
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