The Conquest of America : The Question of the Other (9780806131375)

A classic in its field, The Conquest of America is a study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of both Columbus's discovery of America and the Spaniards' subsequent conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the Caribbean. Using sixteenth-century sources, the distinguished French writer and critic Tzvetan Todorov examines the beliefs and behavior of the Spanish conquistadors and of the Aztecs, adversaries in a clash of cultures that resulted in the near extermination of Mesoamerica's Indian population. A new foreword by Anthony Pagden discusses the implications of Todorov's landmark study.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 288 pages
• Dimensions 139.95 x 215 x 18.54mm | 344.73g
• Publication date 22 Jun 2020
• Publisher University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication City/Country Oklahoma, United States
• Language English
• Edition New edition
• Edition Statement New edition
• Illustrations note Illustrations, 1 map
• ISBN10 0806131373
• ISBN13 9780806131375
• Bestsellers rank 278,309

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