Ambivalent conquests : Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 / Inga Clendinnen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clendinnen, Inga.

Series:

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 61.

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas--History.

Mayas.

History.

Indians of Mexico--Mexico--Yucatán (State)--History.

Indians of Mexico.

Mexico--Yucatán (State).

Acculturation--Mexico--Yucatán (State).

Acculturation.

Yucatán Peninsula--History.

Yucatán Peninsula.

Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540.

Mexico.

Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.

Physical Description:

xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 228-237.

ISBN:

0521333970

OCLC:

14356013