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The War for Mexico's West - Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524-1550 (Paperback)
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The War for Mexico's West - Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524-1550 (Paperback)
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The War for Mexico's West examines a dramatic, complex episode in
the early history of New Spain that stands as an instructive
counterpoint to the much more familiar, triumphalist narrative of
Spanish daring, resilience and victory embodied in the oft-told
tale of the conquest of central Mexico. As Spaniards consolidated
their hold over central Mexico they fanned out in several
directions, first entering western Mexico - the future New Galicia
- in 1524. A full-fledged expedition of conquest followed several
years later. Among the loosely organized, ethnically and
linguistically diverse societies of New Galicia, however, neither
the Spaniards' usual stratagems of conquest nor their attempts to
settle and impose their institutions met with much success. An
uprising against Spanish rule, today known as the Mixton war,
erupted in 1540, attracting thousands of people from many different
indigenous communities and bringing Spanish failure in the region
into sharp relief. Set within the context of the complex politics
of early New Spain in which such prominent figures as Hernando
Cortes, Nuno de Guzman, Pedro de Alvarado, Francisco Vazquez de
Coronado and don Antonio de Mendoza vied to fulfill their ambitions
in the west and incorporating accounts and testimony reflecting
indigenous perspectives, Altman's treatment of the prolonged
conquest of New Galicia provides the first full-length account in
English of these little-known events and their consequences for
Indians and Spaniards.
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