{"product_id":"after-the-broken-spears-the-aztecs-in-the-wake-of-conquest-paperback","title":"After the Broken Spears: The Aztecs in the Wake of Conquest - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamilla Townsend\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJosh Anthony\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Hernando Cortés's conquest of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Aztec empire became the center of the largest European colony in the Americas. It has long been assumed that Indigenous people's personal experiences of this cataclysmic era are inaccessible. Spanish records do not reflect how Nahuas and other Indigenous peoples spoke privately about the great changes, and accounts written in Indigenous languages mostly date from the latter half of the sixteenth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough close readings of Nahuatl sources, the contributors to \u003cem\u003eAfter the Broken Spears\u003c\/em\u003e illustrate that records of Indigenous experiences of the early colonial period are both more abundant than first appear and more richly detailed than ever imagined. Nahuatl songs, annals, tall tales, and legal documents offer a comprehensive vision of how Mexico's Indigenous people lived through the years after the conquest and negotiated the creation of their new world. Often originally circulated as oral accounts, these stories were later copied into Nahuatl script by those determined to preserve their people's history. Interspersed between the main chapters are commentaries written by contemporary Indigenous Mexican scholars, highlighting how historical themes relate to the present day. Just as their ancestors did five hundred years ago, these writers negotiate the ramifications of the Spanish conquest for their communities. \u003cem\u003eAfter the Broken Spears \u003c\/em\u003eoffers fresh perspectives on a critical transition period in Mesoamerican, Mexican, and colonial history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editors\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCamilla Townsend\u003c\/strong\u003e is Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of numerous acclaimed books, including \u003cem\u003eFifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs \u003c\/em\u003e(OUP, 2019), which won the Cundill History Prize, and \u003cem\u003eAnnals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2016), which won the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association and the Howard Francis Cline Memorial Prize of the Conference on Latin American History. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosh Anthony\u003c\/strong\u003e is a PhD candidate in History at Rutgers University and the Richard S. Dunn Dissertation Fellow at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former Rockefeller Brothers Curatorial Research Fellow at the Hispanic Society Museum and Library.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.29 x 6.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978226958637,"sku":"9780197776186","price":46.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/nj0ZGugLCO9780197776186.webp?v=1775801133","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/after-the-broken-spears-the-aztecs-in-the-wake-of-conquest-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}