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Seven myths of the Spanish conquest /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Restall, Matthew, 1964-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Historiography.
Spaniards > America > Historiography.
Latin America > History > Errors, inventions, etc.
Myth.
Espagnols > Amérique > Historiographie.
Mythe.
Mexique > Histoire > 1519-1540 (Conquête)
Amérique latine > Histoire > Erreurs, inventions, etc.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • A handful of adventurers: the myth of exceptional men
  • Neither paid nor forced: the myth of the king's army
  • Invisible warriors: the myth of the white conquistador
  • Under the lordship of the king: the myth of completion
  • The lost words of La Malinche: the myth of (mis)communication
  • The Indians are coming to an end: the myth of native desolation
  • Apes and men: the myth of superiority.