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Autore |
Restall Matthew <1964-> |
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Titolo |
Seven myths of the Spanish conquest [[electronic resource] /] / Matthew Restall |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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9786612367441 |
1-282-36744-7 |
0-19-803643-4 |
1-60256-523-6 |
1-280-50318-1 |
9786610503186 |
0-19-518462-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Spaniards - America - Historiography |
Myth |
Electronic books. |
Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540 Historiography |
Latin America History Errors, inventions, etc |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Lost Words of Bernal Díaz; 1 A Handful of Adventurers The Myth of Exceptional Men; 2 Neither Paid Nor Forced The Myth of the King's Army; 3 Invisible Warriors The Myth of the White Conquistador; 4 Under the Lordship of the King The Myth of Completion; 5 The Lost Words of La Malinche The Myth of (Mis)Communication; 6 The Indians Are Coming to an End The Myth of Native Desolation; 7 Apes and Men The Myth of Superiority; Epilogue Cuauhtémoc's Betrayal; Permissions; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U |
VW; X; Y; Z; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular |
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