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0195176111, 0195160770, 2002192492

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Table of contents :
Acknowledgments

Introduction
The Lost Words of Bernal Díaz

1 A Handful of Adventurers
The Myth of Exceptional Men

2 Neither Paid Nor Forced
The Myth of the King’s Army

3 Invisible Warriors
The Myth of the White Conquistador

4 Under the Lordship of the King
The Myth of Completion

5 The Lost Words of La Malinche
The Myth of (Mis)Communication

6 The Indians Are Coming to an End
The Myth of Native Desolation

7 Apes and Men
The Myth of Superiority

Epilogue
Cuauhtémoc’s Betrayal

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Notes

References

Index

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