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Author_Gerard Chaliand
Bad Omens
Boat Guns
Cacao Trees
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Chilam Balam
colonial encounters
conquest historiography
Cristobal De Olid
Dona Marina
early modern imperialism
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Fat Cacique
Fiery Signal
Garcilaso De La Vega
Gold Cups
Huayna Capac
Inca Atahualpa
Indians' perception
indigenous resistance
Lake Texcoco
Marcel Bataillon
Mesoamerican civilizations
Mortal Dread
Noche Triste
primary source analysis
Santiago De Guatemala
shrewd military strategy
Spanish America integration works
Spanish conquest narrative perspectives
Spanish Foot Soldiers
Titu Cusi
Titu Cusi Yupanqui
Tupac Amaru
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138528178
- Weight: 660g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Apr 2018
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In Mirrors of a Disaster, Gérard Chaliand narrates the major events that followed the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru with the scope and rhythm of an epic poem. He seeks to make meaningful the strict chronicle of a conquest through those who lived it. Human details and the broader political background bring to life one of history's great tragedies.A new introduction by the author is included in this paperback edition. The comprehensive work is organized into three parts: "The Conquest of Mexico," "The Conquest of Guatemala and Yucatan," and "The Conquest of Peru." In each section, the author provides a summary prior to, in many cases, a day-by-day account of the events as they unfolded. Enriched by significant contemporary documents Mirrors of a Disaster relates the many facets of the conquest, presenting the Indians' perception of their defeat by the Spaniards, the conquerors' narratives of the same events, and the author's own retelling of a tragedy in which, he says, "the vanquished could not, ultimately, but be vanquished."
