The Broken Spears

The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

Author: Miguel León Portilla
ISBN: 0807055018

In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors.

Publisher: Beacon Press
Publish Date: 1992

Subjects: History / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall C, Shelf 3), Raza Recource Centro (Location: Wall C, Shelf 3)