{"product_id":"invading-guatemala-9780271027586","title":"Invading Guatemala","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter invading highland Guatemala in 1524, Spaniards claimed to have smashed the Kaqchikel and K'iche' Maya kingdoms and to have forged a new colony - with their leader, Pedro de Alvarado, as Guatemala's conquistador. This volume shows that the real story of the Spanish invasion was very different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[In] the second volume in the Latin American Originals series from Pennsylvania State University Press, \u003ci\u003eInvading Guatemala: Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Accounts of the Conquest Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, . . . Matthew Restall, well known for having laid to rest a number of misconceptions about the wars of conquest in his book \u003ci\u003eSeven Myths of the Spanish Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e, joins forces with Florine Asselbergs to demolish the generally accepted vision of the conquest of Guatemala. The vivid picture that emerges is a much more complex, prolonged and tragic affair than traditional historiography would have us believe.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Fernando Cervantes \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book is a great introduction as well as a scholarly contribution to conquest studies of the Americas.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—R. A. Santillan \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps and Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\t\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\t\tThe Invasions of Guatemala\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\t\tPedro de Alvarado’s Letters to Hernando Cortés, 1524\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\t\tOther Spanish Accounts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\t\tNahua Accounts\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\t\tMaya Accounts\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400780783959,"sku":"9780271027586","price":19.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271027586.jpg?v=1730471558","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/invading-guatemala-9780271027586","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}