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Broken Spears Aztec Account Exp Edition

by Migue Leon Portilla

ISBN13: 9780807055014
ISBN10: 0807055018
Condition: Standard
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In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors.

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**** Cited in BCL3, this work was originally published in Spanish as Vision de los vencidos (1959) and appeared in English in 1962. This is an expanded and updated edition which includes accounts from Aztec descendants as well as the voices of those who actually experienced the Spanish conquest.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.

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ISBN:: 9780807055014
Subtitle:: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
Editor:: Leon-Portilla, Miguel
Foreword:: Klor De Alva, J. Jorge
Foreword:: De Alva, J. Jorge Klor
Editor:: Leon-Portilla, Miguel
Author:: Klor De Alva, J. Jorge
Author:: J. Jorge Klor de Alva
Author:: Leon-Portillo, Miguel
Designed:: Klor De Alva, J. Jorge
Foreword:: De Alva, J. Jorge Klor
Publisher:: Beacon Press
Location:: Boston :
Subject:: History
Subject:: Caribbean & Latin American
Subject:: Ancient - General
Subject:: Mexico
Subject:: Indians of mexico
Subject:: Aztecs
Subject:: Nahuatl literature
Subject:: Nahuatl literature -- Translations into Spanish. .
Subject:: Latin America - Mexico
Subject:: General History
Edition Description:: Trade paper
Series Volume:: 90-4
Publication Date:: 19920504
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English.
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 196
Dimensions:: 7.94x5.39x.56 in. .61 lbs.

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