Transcending Conquest: Nahua Views of Spanish Colonial Mexico

by Stephanie Wood

Book Overview

Columbus arrived on North American shores in 1492, and Cort s had replaced Moctezuma, the Aztec Nahua emperor, as the major figurehead in central Mexico by 1521. Five centuries later, the convergence of "old" and "new" worlds and the consequences of colonization continue to fascinate and horrify us. In Transcending Conquest, Stephanie Wood uses Nahuatl writings and illustrations to reveal Nahua perspectives on Spanish colonial occupation of the Western...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806143037
• ISBN13: 9780806143033
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"