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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520236912
ISBN-13
9780520236912
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2261260
Product Key Features
Book Title
Conquistadors
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Adventurers & Explorers, Europe / General, Expeditions & Discoveries, Latin America / General
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Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
970/.016
Table Of Content
Prologue 'The Lord of the Snow Star' 1. Cortes and Montezuma 2. The War of the Worlds 3. The Conquest of the Incas 4. The Great War of the Incas 5. El Dorado: The Journey of Francisco Orellana 6. The Adventure of Cabeza de Vaca Epilogue "All the World Is Human" Further Reading Acknowledgements Index Picture Credits
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Following in the footsteps of the greatest Spanish adventurers, Michael Wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. As he travels the same routes as Hernán Cortés, and Francisco and Gonzalo Pizarro, Wood describes the dramatic events that accompanied the epic sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. He also follows parts of Orellana's extraordinary voyage of discovery down the Amazon and of Cabeza de Vaca's arduous journey across America to the Pacific. Few stories in history match these conquests for sheer drama, endurance, and distances covered, and Wood's gripping narrative brings them fully to life. Wood reconstructs both sides of the conquest, drawing from sources such as Bernal Diaz's eyewitness account, Cortés's own letters, and the Aztec texts recorded not long after the fall of Mexico. Wood's evocative story of his own journey makes a compelling connection with the sixteenth-century world as he relates the present-day customs, rituals, and oral traditions of the people he meets. He offers powerful descriptions of the rivers, mountains, and ruins he encounters on his trip, comparing what he has seen and experienced with the historical record. A wealth of stunning photographs support the text, drawing the reader closer to the land and its people. As well as being one of the pivotal events in history, the Spanish conquest of the Americas was one of the most cruel and devastating. Wood grapples with the moral legacy of the European invasion and with the implications of an episode in history that swept away civilizations, religions, and ways of life. The stories in Conquistadors are not only of conquest, heroism, and greed, but of changes in the way we see the world, history and civilization, justice and human rights., Following in the footsteps of the greatest Spanish adventurers, Michael Wood retraces the path of the conquistadors from Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, and from the deserts of North Mexico to the heights of Machu Picchu. As he travels the same routes as Hern n Cort s, and Francisco and Gonzalo Pizarro, Wood describes the dramatic events that accompanied the epic sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires. He also follows parts of Orellana's extraordinary voyage of discovery down the Amazon and of Cabeza de Vaca's arduous journey across America to the Pacific. Few stories in history match these conquests for sheer drama, endurance, and distances covered, and Wood's gripping narrative brings them fully to life. Wood reconstructs both sides of the conquest, drawing from sources such as Bernal Diaz's eyewitness account, Cort s's own letters, and the Aztec texts recorded not long after the fall of Mexico. Wood's evocative story of his own journey makes a compelling connection with the sixteenth-century world as he relates the present-day customs, rituals, and oral traditions of the people he meets. He offers powerful descriptions of the rivers, mountains, and ruins he encounters on his trip, comparing what he has seen and experienced with the historical record. A wealth of stunning photographs support the text, drawing the reader closer to the land and its people. As well as being one of the pivotal events in history, the Spanish conquest of the Americas was one of the most cruel and devastating. Wood grapples with the moral legacy of the European invasion and with the implications of an episode in history that swept away civilizations, religions, and ways of life. The stories in Conquistadors are not only of conquest, heroism, and greed, but of changes in the way we see the world, history and civilization, justice and human rights., Der Begriff "Mitteleuropa" dient hier als Bezeichnung fur den Teil Europas, uber den das Deutsche Reich nach Ansicht einer Mehrheit der deutschen politischen, wissenschaftlichen und publizistischen Elite der Zwischenkriegszeit einen direkten oder wenigstens indirekten Herrschaftsanspruch besaa. So konzentriert sich diese Studie primar auf die mitteleuropaischen Ordnungsmodelle, die zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen in Deutschland entworfen wurden. Es geht also um die Rekonstruktion eines politischen Irrwegs. Aus der Sicht des Jahres 1918 freilich erschien der "Weg nach Mitteleuropa" vielen Deutschen hochst verlockend. Manche sahen in ihm den einzigen fur das Reich gangbaren Weg, weil er einen Ausweg aus der Misere des Jahres 1918 zu bieten schien. Eine Auswahl solcher Vorschlage wird in diesem Buch vorgestellt. Sie wurden auf vielen verschiedenen Ebenen gemacht, es wurde eine kaum zu uberblickende Fulle unterschiedlicher Konzeptionen und Konzepte dazu vorgelegt. Hier wird erstmals der Versuch unternommen, die Heterogenitat und Disparitat der deutschen Mitteleuropadiskussion in ihrer Gesamtheit zu zeigen. Zugleich will das Buch aber auch an den letztlich verhangnisvollen Beitrag erinnern, den das deutsche Mitteleuropadenken der Zwischenkriegszeit fur die Konsolidierung der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft in Deutschland und damit auch fur das weitere Schicksal Gesamteuropas leistete. oElvert's volume offers much food for thought, about present as well as past prospects for Germany's role in Central East Europe.o German History "Die Studie ist als wichtiger Beitrag einzustufen, der die Wurzeln der expansionistischen Auaenpolitik des NS-Regimes aufzeigt und seine politischen Zielsetzungen verstandlich werden laat."Zeitschrift fur Unternehmensgeschichte "Jurgen Elvert hat mit seiner dichten Untersuchung nicht nur die ideelle und teilweise auch personelle Kontinuitat der Mitteleuropavisionare wahrend der NS-Zeit nachgewiesen, sondern auch uberzeugend dargestellt, mit welcher Festigkeit und Uberlebensdauer sich zumindest die Mitteleuropavorstellungen konservativ-revolutionarer Provenienz im deutschen Bewusstsein verankert hatten." Bohemia . (Franz Steiner 1999)
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