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Ambivalent Conquests

Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570

Ambivalent Conquests( )
Author: Clendinnen, Inga
Contribution by: Knight, Alan
Series title:Cambridge Latin American Studies
ISBN:978-0-521-82031-8
Publication Date:May 2003
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $88.99
Book Description:

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.

Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: History / Latin America / Mexico
History / Latin America / Pre-Columbian Era
History / Indigenous / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.733 x 8.619 x 0.858 Inches
Book Weight:1.078 Pounds
Author Biography
Clendinnen, Inga (Author)
Inga Clendinnen was born in Geelong, Australia on August 17, 1934. She studied history at the University of Melbourne. She became a historian of Aztec and Mayan culture and society. She taught at the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University. She wrote numerous books during her lifetime including Reading the Holocaust, Tiger's Eye, Dancing with Strangers, and Agamemnon's Kiss. She died on September 8, 2016 at the age of 82.

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