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  The Broken Spears: Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico (Paperback) By (author) Miguel Leon-Portilla, Edited by Miguel Leon-Portilla

  

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  Short Description for The Broken Spears 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.
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  • Publisher: Beacon Press
  • Published: 04 May 1992
  • Format: Paperback 240 pages
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  • Categories: Anthropology | History Of The Americas | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
  • ISBN 13: 9780807055014 ISBN 10: 0807055018
  • Sales rank: 1,368,623

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Full description for The Broken Spears

• 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.