The Conquest of America,9780806131375

The Conquest of America

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ISBN13: 9780806131375
ISBN10: 0806131373
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-03-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Summary

The Conquest of Americais a fascinating study of cultural confrontation in the New World, with implications far beyond sixteenth-century America. The book offers an original interpretation of the Spaniards' 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Anthony Pagden
1 DISCOVERY
1(50)
The Discovery of America
3(11)
Columbus as Interpreter
14(20)
Columbus and the Indians
34(17)
2 CONQUEST
51(74)
The Reasons for the Victory
53(10)
Montezuma and Signs
63(35)
Cortes and Signs
98(27)
3 LOVE
125(58)
Understanding, Taking Possession, and Destroying
127(19)
Equality or Inequality
146(22)
Enslavement, Colonialism, and Communication
168(15)
4 KNOWLEDGE
183(60)
Typology of Relations to the Other
185(17)
Duran, or the Hybridization of Cultures
202(17)
Sahagun and His Work
219(24)
EPILOGUE 243(12)
Las Casas's Prophecy 245(10)
Bibliographic Note 255(4)
References 259(6)
Index 265

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