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In November 1519, Hernan Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom & came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--& the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were intrigued by the Roman alphabet &, unbeknownst to the newcomers, they used it to write detailed histories in their own language of Nahuatl. Until recently, these sources remained obscure, only partially translated, & rarely consulted by scholars.
For the first time, in Fifth Sun, the history of the Aztecs is offered in all its complexity based solely on the texts written by the indigenous people themselves. Camilla Townsend presents an accessible & humanized depiction of these native Mexicans, rather than seeing them as the exotic, bloody figures of European stereotypes. The conquest, in this work, is neither an apocalyptic moment, nor an origin story launching Mexicans into existence. The Mexica people had a history of their own long before the Europeans arrived & did not simply capitulate to Spanish culture & colonization. Instead, they realigned their political allegiances, accommodated new obligations, adopted new technologies, & endured.
This engaging revisionist history of the Aztecs, told through their own words, explores the experience of a once-powerful people facing the trauma of conquest and finding ways to survive, offering an empathetic interpretation for experts & non-specialists alike. Camilla Townsend is Distinguished Professor of History @ Rutgers University. She wrote Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico, Pocahontas & the Powhatan Dilemma, & The Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive.
For the first time, in Fifth Sun, the history of the Aztecs is offered in all its complexity based solely on the texts written by the indigenous people themselves. Camilla Townsend presents an accessible & humanized depiction of these native Mexicans, rather than seeing them as the exotic, bloody figures of European stereotypes. The conquest, in this work, is neither an apocalyptic moment, nor an origin story launching Mexicans into existence. The Mexica people had a history of their own long before the Europeans arrived & did not simply capitulate to Spanish culture & colonization. Instead, they realigned their political allegiances, accommodated new obligations, adopted new technologies, & endured.
This engaging revisionist history of the Aztecs, told through their own words, explores the experience of a once-powerful people facing the trauma of conquest and finding ways to survive, offering an empathetic interpretation for experts & non-specialists alike. Camilla Townsend is Distinguished Professor of History @ Rutgers University. She wrote Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico, Pocahontas & the Powhatan Dilemma, & The Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive.
年:
2019
版本:
1
出版商:
Sheridan Books
語言:
english
頁數:
336
ISBN 10:
0190673060
ISBN 13:
9782019004880
文件:
EPUB, 842 KB
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CID , CID Blake2b
english, 2019
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