出版社: Oxford University Press
副标题: A New History of the Aztecs
出版年: 2019-11
页数: 336
定价: $29.95
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780190673062
内容简介 · · · · · ·
In November 1519, Hernando Corts walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans we...
In November 1519, Hernando Corts walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were intrigued by the Roman alphabet and, unbeknownst to the newcomers, they used it to write detailed histories in their own language of Nahuatl. Until recently, these sources remained obscure, only partially translated, and rarely consulted by scholars.
For the first time, in Fifth Sun, the history of the Aztecs is offered in all its complexity based solely on the texts written by the indigenous people themselves. Camilla Townsend presents an accessible and humanized depiction of these native Mexicans, rather than seeing them as the exotic, bloody figures of European stereotypes. The conquest, in this work, is neither an apocalyptic moment, nor an origin story launching Mexicans into existence. The Mexica people had a history of their own long before the Europeans arrived and did not simply capitulate to Spanish culture and colonization. Instead, they realigned their political allegiances, accommodated new obligations, adopted new technologies, and endured.
This engaging revisionist history of the Aztecs, told through their own words, explores the experience of a once-powerful people facing the trauma of conquest and finding ways to survive, offering an empathetic interpretation for experts and non-specialists alike.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
Camilla Townsend is Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. She is the author of numerous books, including Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, and The Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive (OUP, 2016), which won multiple prizes, among them The Albert...
Camilla Townsend is Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. She is the author of numerous books, including Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma, and The Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive (OUP, 2016), which won multiple prizes, among them The Albert J. Beveridge Award awarded by the American Historical Association.
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3 有用 brucas 2020-12-21 23:56:42
现在的非虚构都这么好看了吗!(尤其喜欢这种正文占一半注解占一半的hhhh) 以Aztecs (or we should say “Nahuatls”)自己的Annals为主要source的历史。正如作者所说,”The Aztecs I have come to know are both profoundly different from me and mine, and yet at the s... 现在的非虚构都这么好看了吗!(尤其喜欢这种正文占一半注解占一半的hhhh) 以Aztecs (or we should say “Nahuatls”)自己的Annals为主要source的历史。正如作者所说,”The Aztecs I have come to know are both profoundly different from me and mine, and yet at the same time, deeply similar.” Truly fascinating. (展开)
0 有用 Tlacatecolotl 2022-02-01 13:18:17
绝对是一本值得阅读的书,虽然所述为一个文明的历史,但丝毫不枯燥,乃至能唤起人们的感情。它源于纳瓦特历史学家以自己语言所写的记录,又终于记录这些历史学家们保存文明历史的努力。与之相对的是殖民者屠杀墨西卡的知识分子与平民,焚毁他们的文献记录,乃至对这些后人的搜集记述也要加以篡改。总之,期待中文版早日面世。
0 有用 暗室 2023-01-15 10:30:16 日本
The organization of the materials are so interesting. fascinating narration
0 有用 haihui 2023-09-08 08:53:39 上海
根据Aztec人的记录还原真实历史。相当精彩的历史书。土著奇女子Malintzin让人印象深刻。
0 有用 寺子屋之鴉 2024-04-14 20:56:38 浙江
最大的特点便是采用了许多原住民视角的文本,在许多地方都打破了我原先持有的刻板印象,揭示出了历史的复杂面貌
0 有用 寺子屋之鴉 2024-04-14 20:56:38 浙江
最大的特点便是采用了许多原住民视角的文本,在许多地方都打破了我原先持有的刻板印象,揭示出了历史的复杂面貌
0 有用 haihui 2023-09-08 08:53:39 上海
根据Aztec人的记录还原真实历史。相当精彩的历史书。土著奇女子Malintzin让人印象深刻。
0 有用 暗室 2023-01-15 10:30:16 日本
The organization of the materials are so interesting. fascinating narration
0 有用 Tlacatecolotl 2022-02-01 13:18:17
绝对是一本值得阅读的书,虽然所述为一个文明的历史,但丝毫不枯燥,乃至能唤起人们的感情。它源于纳瓦特历史学家以自己语言所写的记录,又终于记录这些历史学家们保存文明历史的努力。与之相对的是殖民者屠杀墨西卡的知识分子与平民,焚毁他们的文献记录,乃至对这些后人的搜集记述也要加以篡改。总之,期待中文版早日面世。
3 有用 brucas 2020-12-21 23:56:42
现在的非虚构都这么好看了吗!(尤其喜欢这种正文占一半注解占一半的hhhh) 以Aztecs (or we should say “Nahuatls”)自己的Annals为主要source的历史。正如作者所说,”The Aztecs I have come to know are both profoundly different from me and mine, and yet at the s... 现在的非虚构都这么好看了吗!(尤其喜欢这种正文占一半注解占一半的hhhh) 以Aztecs (or we should say “Nahuatls”)自己的Annals为主要source的历史。正如作者所说,”The Aztecs I have come to know are both profoundly different from me and mine, and yet at the same time, deeply similar.” Truly fascinating. (展开)