Author: Bernal Díaz del Castillo
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 428

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Author: William Hickling Prescott
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Author: Bernal Díaz del Castillo
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Author: William Hickling Prescott
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Category : Incas
Languages : en
Pages : 714

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Author: William Hickling Prescott
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Category : Spain
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: William H. Prescott
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434405354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: Susan Schroeder
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816511822
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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A thorough treatment of the sociopolitical history of the kingdoms of Chalco as seen through the eyes of one of the great post-Conquest Nahua historians. . . . Students of Nahuatl language will be rewarded by the extensive citations (with accompanying translations) of relevant material from original Nahua sources.ÑChoice "By delineating the concepts and personae that were most salient in Chimalpahin's politically-oriented perspective on the past, Schroeder has advanced our understanding of native Mexican political organization and has made a major contribution toward interpreting the work of this Nahua historian."ÑAnthropos "In this well-structured volume, Susan Schroeder synthesizes Chimalpahin's detailed information on the Prehispanic kingdoms of Chalco (located in the southern Valley of Mexico) with particular emphasis on their sociopolitical organization. . . . A valuable contribution.'ÑAmerican Antiquity "This is an important piece of scholarship which makes more accessible to general historians of colonial Mexico an item of Nahuatl literature."ÑThe Americas

Author: Alan Knight
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521891967
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380

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This 2002 book, the second in a three-volume history of Mexico, covers the period 1521 to 1821.

Author: Illinois. State Reformatory (Pontiac)
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Author: Daniel R. Headrick
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400833590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413

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A major history of technology and Western conquest For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. Power over Peoples examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East today. Why did the sailing vessels that gave the Portuguese a century-long advantage in the Indian Ocean fail to overcome Muslim galleys in the Red Sea? Why were the same weapons and methods that the Spanish used to conquer Mexico and Peru ineffective in Chile and Africa? Why didn't America's overwhelming air power assure success in Iraq and Afghanistan? In Power over Peoples, Daniel Headrick traces the evolution of Western technologies—from muskets and galleons to jet planes and smart bombs—and sheds light on the environmental and social factors that have brought victory in some cases and unforeseen defeat in others. He shows how superior technology translates into greater power over nature and sometimes even other peoples, yet how technological superiority is no guarantee of success in imperialist ventures—because the technology only delivers results in a specific environment, or because the society being attacked responds in unexpected ways. Breathtaking in scope, Power over Peoples is a revealing history of technological innovation, its promise and limitations, and its central role in the rise and fall of empire. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.