Mirrors of a Disaster: The Spanish Military Conquest of America - Softcover

Chaliand, Gerard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141280471X ISBN 13: 9781412804714

Verlag: Routledge, 2005

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Book by Chaliand Gerard

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Críticas:

"This superbly written book reads like an adventure story. With epic inspiration, Chaliand conveys both the hopeless situation of the vanquished and the shrewd military strategy of the conquerors." - Le Figaro Litteraire; "The author narrates the conquests of Mexico and Peru, using Spanish and Indian testimonies, like two great tragic epics, with their human details and grand discourse, all rhythmed by the steps of destiny." - L'Express; "I find your evaluation of the incredible events surrounding the conquest of Mexico and Peru to be both lucid and well balanced. My congratulations!" - Letter from Jacques Soustelle, anthropologist"

Reseña del editor:

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."

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 141280471X
• ISBN 13: 9781412804714
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 284