I recently read the new book “Conquistadores” by Fernando Cervantes, which attempts to explain the conquest via the mindset of medieval Europe. This book seems like a perfect pairing, and I’ll definitely read it next. I live in CDMX and have written about how the wave of recent immigration of remote workers is often framed within the conqueror/conquered binary - in a way I feel is quite limiting and fails to capture the complexity of globalization. Perhaps reading this book will give me more context for the present moment. Thank you for sharing.
I happened to read Dr. Townsend's book before it won the Cundhill (it was nice to have a rooting interest as they whittled down the list). Thought it was a fantastic read. Hard to believe the Nahuatl texts were sitting there the whole time and so few others were utilizing them!
I read 7 Myths of the Spanish Conquest for a class my daughter took at DePaul last year. Townsend’s book appears to tackle myths and ideologies from the Latino angle, not the invaders’ angle like 7 Myths. I can hardly imagine a more complicated several centuries to explicate. Thank you for this interesting post.
Thank you for sharing your insights on Townsend's book. I am all for telling fuller, more complex narratives to humanize inhabitants of the past and am heartened to hear Tonwend's book has had that impact, I'll have to check it out!
I recently read the new book “Conquistadores” by Fernando Cervantes, which attempts to explain the conquest via the mindset of medieval Europe. This book seems like a perfect pairing, and I’ll definitely read it next. I live in CDMX and have written about how the wave of recent immigration of remote workers is often framed within the conqueror/conquered binary - in a way I feel is quite limiting and fails to capture the complexity of globalization. Perhaps reading this book will give me more context for the present moment. Thank you for sharing.
I happened to read Dr. Townsend's book before it won the Cundhill (it was nice to have a rooting interest as they whittled down the list). Thought it was a fantastic read. Hard to believe the Nahuatl texts were sitting there the whole time and so few others were utilizing them!
I read 7 Myths of the Spanish Conquest for a class my daughter took at DePaul last year. Townsend’s book appears to tackle myths and ideologies from the Latino angle, not the invaders’ angle like 7 Myths. I can hardly imagine a more complicated several centuries to explicate. Thank you for this interesting post.
Thank you for sharing your insights on Townsend's book. I am all for telling fuller, more complex narratives to humanize inhabitants of the past and am heartened to hear Tonwend's book has had that impact, I'll have to check it out!