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Cambridge Latin American Studies: Ambivalent Conquests : Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 by Inga Clendinnen (2003, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521527317
ISBN-139780521527316
eBay Product ID (ePID)2337191
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAmbivalent Conquests : Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570
SubjectLatin America / Mexico, Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era, Europe / Renaissance, Native American
Publication Year2003
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorInga Clendinnen
SeriesCambridge Latin American Studies
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.3 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2002-191144
Dewey Edition21
Reviews'[Clendinnen's] analysis of the symbolic forms of everyday life sheds new light on the relationship between the 'social' and the 'sacred'.' Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, "Clendinnen's elegantly written work describes the devastating effects of Spanish conquest and settlement on the politically fragmented Maya of the Yucatan until 1570.... Her account of the 1562 investigation into Maya religious practices and the political conflicts that accompanied it makes fascinating reading." Choice, 'This is an intricate story, by turns exhilarating and depressing, of cultural interaction among parties whose motives were consciously and unconsciously at variance. . . . Clendinnen's reconstruction is a model of historical intelligence and anthropological empathy couched in superbly crafted prose." Frederick P. Bowser, Latin American Research Review, ‘[Clendinnen’s] analysis of the symbolic forms of everyday life sheds new light on the relationship between the ‘social’ and the ‘sacred’.’Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, ‘Ambivalent Conquests sets a high standard of elegance in style and argument.’Nancy Farriss, Hispanic American Historical Review, 'Ambivalent Conquests sets a high standard of elegance in style and argument.'Nancy Farriss, Hispanic American Historical Review, 'Ambivalent Conquests sets a high standard of elegance in style and argument.' Nancy Farriss, Hispanic American Historical Review, "This is a splendid book by a gifted historian. With great subtlety and imagination, Inga Clendinnen draws us into the swirls of missteps, ambitions, deceptions, and fantasies that constituted the conquest drama in Yucatan....Clendinnen has written a remarkably powerful and compelling book....This study ranks among the very best scholarship on the region and will dazzle any serious student of native American peoples, Christian missionaries, and colonial situations." American Historical Review
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 61
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal972/.6502
Table Of ContentPart I. Spaniards: 1. Explorers; 2. Conquerors; 3. Settlers; 4. Missionaries; 5. Conflict; 6. Crisis; 7. Attrition; 8. Retrospections; Epilogue. The hall of mirrors; Part II. Indians: 9. Finding out; 10. Connections; 11. Continuities; 12. Assent; Epilogue. Confusion of tongues.
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisIn what is both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world, Inga Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive outcomes. In Ambivalent Conquests Clendinnen penetrates the thinking and feeling of the Mayan Indians in a detailed reconstruction of their assessment of the intruders. This new edition contains a preface by the author where she reflects upon the book's contribution in the past fifteen years. Inga Clendinnen is Emeritus scholar, LaTrobe University, Australia. Her books include the acclaimed Reading the Holocaust (Cambridge, 1999), named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, and Aztec: An Interpretation (Cambridge, 1995), and Tiger's Eye: A Memoir (Scribner, 2001)., Both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire, and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world. Dr Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive outcomes., This is both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire, and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world. Dr Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive outcomes. She seeks to penetrate the ways of thinking and feeling of the Mayan Indians in a detailed reconstruction of their assessment of the intruders.
LC Classification NumberF1376.C55 2003
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