{"product_id":"contesting-conquest-indigenous-perspectives-on-the-spanish-occupation-of-nueva-galicia-15241545-12-latin-american-originals-9780271078564","title":"Contesting Conquest Indigenous Perspectives on","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn English translation of accounts of the experiences and responses of the indigenous peoples of western Mexico in the first half of the sixteenth century to Spanish efforts to establish control over the region that they would call Nueva Galicia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The quality and quantity of transcribed and translated primary sources available through academic presses for classrooms and researchers constitutes one of the most promising developments in the field of Latin American studies. Ida Altman’s \u003ci\u003eContesting Conquest: Indigenous Perspectives on the Spanish Occupation of Nueva Galicia, 1524–1545\u003c\/i\u003e is both a welcome and a long-needed contribution to this important scholarly genre.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Dana Velasco Murillo \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eContesting Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e, eminent historian Ida Altman has brought us an invaluable teaching tool. These documents, stemming from the Spanish invasion of the Mexican west, come in some cases from Spanish commentators who were truly close to the events and in other cases from indigenous participants. Without diminishing the trauma of conquest, the documents show how hard native people worked to defend their sovereignty, and how they were always at least partly the agents of their own destiny.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Camilla Townsend,author of \u003ci\u003eMalintzin’s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This collection of original documents, and their analysis by Ida Altman, provides a unique perspective on a little-studied part of colonial Mexico, namely, the western region known as New Galicia. These documents stand as a testimony to the conflicts between the Spanish conquerors\/colonists and the resistance of the native peoples. \u003ci\u003eContesting Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e is essential to understanding the full implications of the conquest of Mexico that was begun by Cortés.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—John F. Schwaller,author of \u003ci\u003eThe History of the Catholic Church in Latin America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Altman's volume presents in very compelling ways a summary of primary sources about one of the earliest and most dramatic indigenous military challenges to the Spanish colonial state: the Mixton War (1540–1542). This work lucidly explores the variety of native responses to colonial might, which ranged from all-out war and annihilation to proud alliances with Spanish conquerors.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—David Tavárez,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible War: Indigenous Devotions, Discipline, and Dissent in Colonial Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Readers will find that Altman’s superb selection of primary sources is the first of this volume’s many virtues. Her clear and succinct introductory chapter, deft and accessible translations, and explanatory sections linking the translations keep readers well situated. Scholars and students alike can enter and better understand this complicated and fascinating history of indigenous participation in the long conquest of greater Mexico.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Sarah Cline,University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Tenamaztle’s Lament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Spaniards Conquer the West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Insurrection and War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Xalisco and the New Order\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimeline for the History of Early Nueva Galicia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083457569111,"sku":"9780271078564","price":27.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contesting-conquest-indigenous-perspectives-on-the-spanish-occupation-of-nueva-galicia-15241545-12-latin-american-originals-9780271078564","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}