Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico - Softcover

Schwartz, Stuart B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312393555 ISBN 13: 9780312393557

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000

Synopsis

In 1519 Hernán Cortés and a small band of Spanish conquistadors overthrew the mighty Mexican empire of the Aztecs. Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and testimonies — many recently uncovered — of indigenous Nahua survivors, Victors and Vanquished clearly demonstrates how personal interests, class and ethnic biases, and political considerations influenced the interpretation of momentous events. A substantial introduction is followed by 9 chronological sections that illuminate the major events and personalities in this powerful historical episode and reveal the changing attitudes toward European expansionism. The volume includes a broad array of visual images and maps, a glossary of Spanish and Nahua terms, biographical notes, a chronology, a selected bibliography, questions for consideration, and an index.

About this title

About the Author:

STUART B. SCHWARTZ is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University. His scholary work concentrates on the early history of Latin America and the history of Brazil. He is the author of Slaves, Peasants, and Rebels: Reconsidering Brazilian Slavery (1992) and Sugar Plantations and the Formation of Brazilian Society: Bahia 1550-1835 (1985), which won the American Historical Association's Bolton Prize for the Best Work in Latin American History. Professor Schwartz is also editor of Implicit Understandings: The Encounter Between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era (1994) and a coeditor of The Cambridge History of Native American Peoples (1999). A former fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the American Council of Learned Societies, he is currently completing a work entitled The Rebellion of Portugal and the Crisis of the Iberian Empires, 1621-1668.

Review:

"[This volume] fills a gap in the historical literature by bringing together Spanish and Nahua accounts in a way that respects the original texts... while also providing succinct undergrad-friendly and up-to-date introductory analysis."

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312393555
• ISBN 13: 9780312393557
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271