{"product_id":"fifth-sun-a-new-history-of-the-aztecs-paperback-1","title":"Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCamilla Townsend\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what happened afterwards--has been told many times, but always following the narrative offered by the Spaniards. After all, we have been taught, it was the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were intrigued by the Roman alphabet and, unbeknownst to the newcomers, they used it to write detailed histories in their own language of Nahuatl. Until recently, these sources remained obscure, only partially translated, and rarely consulted by scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the first time, in \u003cem\u003eFifth Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, the history of the Aztecs is offered in all its complexity based solely on the texts written by the indigenous people themselves. Camilla Townsend presents an accessible and humanized depiction of these native Mexicans, rather than seeing them as the exotic, bloody figures of European stereotypes. The conquest, in this work, is neither an apocalyptic moment, nor an origin story launching Mexicans into existence. The Mexica people had a history of their own long before the Europeans arrived and did not simply capitulate to Spanish culture and colonization. Instead, they realigned their political allegiances, accommodated new obligations, adopted new technologies, and endured. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis engaging revisionist history of the Aztecs, told through their own words, explores the experience of a once-powerful people facing the trauma of conquest and finding ways to survive, offering an empathetic interpretation for experts and non-specialists alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCamilla Townsend \u003c\/strong\u003eis Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University. She is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eMalintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico, Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e The Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2016), which won multiple prizes, among them The Albert J. Beveridge Award awarded by the American Historical Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.15 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411951927474,"sku":"9780197577660","price":28.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7da7dc12bb451eedbb145ed2145465f5.webp?v=1778311206","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/fifth-sun-a-new-history-of-the-aztecs-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}