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The Conquest of America

The Conquest of America
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 0806131373
ISBN-13 : 9780806131375
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Book Synopsis The Conquest of America by : Tzvetan Todorov

Download or read book The Conquest of America written by Tzvetan Todorov and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conquest of America is 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.


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