The Conquest of America - Softcover

Todorov, Tzvetan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0061320951 ISBN 13: 9780061320958

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 1996

Synopsis

A fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America, The Conquest of America has become a classic in its field. It offers an original interpretation of the discovery of America by Columbus and of the subsequent conquest, colonization, and destruction of Mexico and the Caribbean by the Spaniards at the beginning of the modern era.

Using sixteenth-century sources, the distinguished French writer and critic Tzvetan Todorov examines the beliefs and behavior of both the Spanish conquistadors and the Aztecs, adversaries in a clash of cultures that resulted in the neat extermination of Mesoamerica's Indian population.

Absorbing, intelligent, and responsible in its call for a much-needed dialogue between different cultures, The Conquest of America evokes a drama that set the pattern for much of the history of Western colonialism.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This pioneering study of American history offers an original interpretation of the discovery of America.

About the Author:

Tzvetan Todorov is the author if more than a dozen books, including Theories of the Symbol, On Human Diversity, Facing the Extreme, and A French Tragedy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0061320951
• ISBN 13: 9780061320958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288