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  • Histories of Infamy

    Francisco López de Gómara and the Ethics of Spanish Imperialism

    par Cristián A. Roa-de-la-Carrera ...
    Traduit par Scott Sessions ...
    "Roa-de-la-Carrera convincingly shows that Gómara, as well as other historians in the period, cannot easily ignore nor erase the contradictions of the Spanish colonial project."- Luis Fernando Restrepo, University of Arkansas“In an eloquent and thorough exegesis, Roa-de-la-Carrera reveals how and why López de Gómara, having written the best of all possible books in exultation of Spanish ... En savoir plus

    $23.99 CAD

  • Daily Life of the Aztecs

    par Davíd Carrasco, Scott Sessions ...
    Collections series The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
    Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, Daily Life of the ... En savoir plus

    $32.99 CAD

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  • When Montezuma Met Cortés

    The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History

    par Matthew Restall ...
    A re-evaluation of the meeting between the Spanish adventurer and the Aztec ruler that challenges history's perspective about the conquest of the Americas.On November eight, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction—the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European ... En savoir plus

    $25.59 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition

    The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

    par Miguel Leon-Portilla ...
    For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants ... En savoir plus

    $18.39 CAD

  • From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico

    Religious Globalization in the Context of Empire

    Modifié par David Charles Wright-Carr, Francisco Marco Simón ...
    From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico compares the Christianization of the Roman Empire with the evangelization of Mesoamerica, offering novel perspectives on the historical processes involved in the spread of Christianity. Combining concepts of empire and globalization with the notion of religion from a postcolonial perspective, the book proposes the method of analytical comparison as a point of ... En savoir plus

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  • Malinche

    A Novel

    par Laura Esquivel ...
    From the bestselling author of Like Water for Chocolate, an extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs between the conquistador Cortés and his interpreter, Malinalli.A brilliant and multilingual woman, Malinalli has been reviled throughout Mexican history for the betrayal of her people—but her role was actually much more complex.When a young ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Frontiers of Possession

    Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas

    par Tamar Herzog ...
    A "lucid" analysis of the territorial formation of Spain and Portugal in both Europe and the Americas ( Publishers Weekly).Frontiers of Possession asks how territorial borders were established in Europe and the Americas during the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are largely determined by military conflicts and treaties. Focusing on Spanish and ... En savoir plus

    $19.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Body of the Conquistador

    Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492–1700

    par Rebecca Earle ...
    Collections series Critical Perspectives on Empire
    This fascinating history explores the dynamic relationship between overseas colonisation and the bodily experience of eating. It reveals the importance of food to the colonial project in Spanish America and reconceptualises the role of European colonial expansion in shaping the emergence of ideas of race during the Age of Discovery. Rebecca Earle shows that anxieties about food were fundamental to ... En savoir plus

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Aztecs

    A Very Short Introduction

    par David Carrasco ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and ... En savoir plus

    $7.19 CAD

  • Translation as Conquest

    Sahagún and Universal History of the Things of New Spain

    par Victoria Ríos Castaño ...
    Collections Livre 13 - Parecos y Australes. Ensayos de Cultura de la Colonia
    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) directed the composition of an encyclopaedic work on the world of the Nahuas, Universal History of the Things of New Spain (ca. 1577-1579), for which he has received the title of pioneering ethnographer and anthropologist of colonial Mexico. Contextualizing Sahagún and his work in sixteenth-century Spain and America, this study presents him as a cultural ... En savoir plus

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  • Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    par Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz ...
    “Masterly. . . . The complexities of Mexico’s ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” —Library JournalMichael D. Coe’s Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region’s ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz.The seventh edition incorporates new ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD

  • Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya

    The Sacred Book of the Maya

    The Popol Vuh is the most important example of Maya literature to have survived the Spanish conquest. It is also one of the world’s great creation accounts, comparable to the beauty and power of Genesis.Most previous translations have relied on Spanish versions rather than the original K’iche’-Maya text. Based on ten years of research by a leading scholar of Maya literature, this translation with ... En savoir plus

    $24.99 CAD