Author: Miguel Leon-Portilla
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 080705500X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
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 across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.
The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition
Author: Miguel Leon-Portilla
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 080705500X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
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 across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 080705500X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
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 across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.
The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition
Author: Miguel Leon-Portilla
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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 across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807095451
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
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 across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.
The Broken Spears
Author: Miguel León Portilla
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
México Profundo
Author: Guillermo Bonfil Batalla
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292791852
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remaining Indian communities, the "de-Indianized" rural mestizo communities, and vast sectors of the poor urban population constitute the México profundo. Their lives and ways of understanding the world continue to be rooted in Mesoamerican civilization. An ancient agricultural complex provides their food supply, and work is understood as a way of maintaining a harmonious relationship with the natural world. Health is related to human conduct, and community service is often part of each individual's life obligation. Time is circular, and humans fulfill their own cycle in relation to other cycles of the universe. Since the Conquest, Bonfil argues, the peoples of the México profundo have been dominated by an "imaginary México" imposed by the West. It is imaginary not because it does not exist, but because it denies the cultural reality lived daily by most Mexicans. Within the México profundo there exists an enormous body of accumulated knowledge, as well as successful patterns for living together and adapting to the natural world. To face the future successfully, argues Bonfil, Mexico must build on these strengths of Mesoamerican civilization, "one of the few original civilizations that humanity has created throughout all its history."
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292791852
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remaining Indian communities, the "de-Indianized" rural mestizo communities, and vast sectors of the poor urban population constitute the México profundo. Their lives and ways of understanding the world continue to be rooted in Mesoamerican civilization. An ancient agricultural complex provides their food supply, and work is understood as a way of maintaining a harmonious relationship with the natural world. Health is related to human conduct, and community service is often part of each individual's life obligation. Time is circular, and humans fulfill their own cycle in relation to other cycles of the universe. Since the Conquest, Bonfil argues, the peoples of the México profundo have been dominated by an "imaginary México" imposed by the West. It is imaginary not because it does not exist, but because it denies the cultural reality lived daily by most Mexicans. Within the México profundo there exists an enormous body of accumulated knowledge, as well as successful patterns for living together and adapting to the natural world. To face the future successfully, argues Bonfil, Mexico must build on these strengths of Mesoamerican civilization, "one of the few original civilizations that humanity has created throughout all its history."
Aztec Warfare
Author: Ross Hassig
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806127736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig focuses on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806127736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig focuses on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat.
The Broken Spears
Author: Miguel León Portilla
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The conquest of Mexico told by the Aztecs and their descendants.
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The conquest of Mexico told by the Aztecs and their descendants.
Tenochtitlan
Author: José Luis de Rojas
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059461
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled by the conquistadors who subsequently demolished it. This means that, though centuries of redevelopment have frustrated efforts to access the ancient city’s remains, much can be told about its urban landscape, politics, economy, and religion. While Tenochtitlan commands a great deal of attention from archaeologists and Mesoamerican scholars, very little has been written about the city for a non-technical audience in English. In this fascinating book, eminent expert José Luis de Rojas presents an accessible yet authoritative exploration of this famous city--interweaving glimpses into its inhabitants’ daily lives with the broader stories of urbanization, culture, and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059461
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled by the conquistadors who subsequently demolished it. This means that, though centuries of redevelopment have frustrated efforts to access the ancient city’s remains, much can be told about its urban landscape, politics, economy, and religion. While Tenochtitlan commands a great deal of attention from archaeologists and Mesoamerican scholars, very little has been written about the city for a non-technical audience in English. In this fascinating book, eminent expert José Luis de Rojas presents an accessible yet authoritative exploration of this famous city--interweaving glimpses into its inhabitants’ daily lives with the broader stories of urbanization, culture, and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.
Malintzin's Choices
Author: Camilla Townsend
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334053
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The complicated life of the real woman who came to be known as La Malinche.
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826334053
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The complicated life of the real woman who came to be known as La Malinche.
Aztecs
Author: Inga Clendinnen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110769356X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
Recreates the culture of the city of Tenochtitlan in its last unthreatened years before it fell to the Spaniards.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110769356X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
Recreates the culture of the city of Tenochtitlan in its last unthreatened years before it fell to the Spaniards.
Ambivalent Conquests
Author: Inga Clendinnen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521527316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521527316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher Description