The Conquest Of America, The Question Of The Other

TZVETAN TODOROV

Publication: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1984, New York

First Edition. Cloth. 274pp. Several Illustrations. This interesting work explores the significance of the discovery and conquest of Mesoamerica by the Spaniards at the beginning of the modern era. "It offers an original interpretation of the Spaniards' conquest, colonization, and destruction of pre-Columbian cultures in Mexico and the Caribbean. Using sixteenth-century sources, the distinguished French writer and critic Tzvetan Todorov examines the beliefs and behavior of the Spanish conquistadors and of the Aztecs, adversaries in a clash of cultures that resulted in the near extermination of Mesoamerica’s Indian population." Fine in near fine dust jacket.