The conquest of the last Maya kingdom [electronic resource] / Grant D. Jones.
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TextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1998.Description: xxvii, 568 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmOther title: - Maya kingdom
Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-538) and index.
The Itzas and their neighbors -- Itza-Spanish encounters, 1525-1690 -- Itza society and kingship on the eve of conquest -- Power politics - - The birth of the Camino Real -- Franciscans on the Camino Real -- The Itza emissaries -- Avendaño and Ajaw Kan Ek' -- Itza-Spanish warfare -- The costs of the Camino Real -- The eve of conquest -- Occupation an d interrogation -- Prisoners of conquest -- Reconquest, epidemic, and w arfare -- Missions, rebellion, and survival.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2006. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the An drew W. Mellon Foundation.
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