The Life and Legacy of Annie Oakley: 7 (The Oklahoma Western Biographies) - Softcover

Glenda Riley (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806135069 ISBN 13: 9780806135069

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002

Synopsis

The "Brief and Summary Relation of the Lords of New Spain" is one of the major contemporary accounts of the economic, political, and social impact of the conquest of Aztec Mexico. Written by Alonso de Zorita, a Spanish judge of high integrity and many years' experience in colonial administration, it provides a detailed description of Aztec life before and after the Conquest. Based on Zorita's stay in Mexico from 1556 to 1566, it reflects the anguish felt by a devoted and humane servant of the Crown, who observed the misery inflicted upon the Indians by enslavement and Spanish-imposed tribute and labor systemsIn his extensive introduction, Benjamin Keen provides a survey of the rise of Aztec society, conditions under post-Conquest colonial administration, and a biographical essay on Zoritas life and the reception of his work. With a new preface on recent scholarship and issues in Zorita's work, this edition remains the standard translation in English of the "Brief Relation."

About this title

About the Author

Glenda Riley is Alexander M. Bracken Professor Emeritus of History at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, and a past President of the Western History Association. Published works she has authored include Women and Nature: Saving the ""Wild"" West and Inventing the American Woman

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806135069
• ISBN 13: 9780806135069
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272