Contents
List of Illustrations
Series Editor’s Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Tenamaztle’s Lament
2 Spaniards Conquer the West
3 Insurrection and War
4 Xalisco and the New Order
Timeline for the History of Early Nueva Galicia
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Ida Altman is Professor of History at the University of Florida. Her most recent book is The War for Mexico’s West: Indians and Spaniards in New Galicia, 1524–1550.
“The quality and quantity of transcribed and translated primary
sources available through academic presses for classrooms and
researchers constitutes one of the most promising developments in
the field of Latin American studies. Ida Altman’s Contesting
Conquest: Indigenous Perspectives on the Spanish Occupation of
Nueva Galicia, 1524–1545 is both a welcome and a long-needed
contribution to this important scholarly genre.”—Dana Velasco
Murillo Hispanic American Historical Review
“In Contesting Conquest, eminent historian Ida Altman has brought
us an invaluable teaching tool. These documents, stemming from the
Spanish invasion of the Mexican west, come in some cases from
Spanish commentators who were truly close to the events and in
other cases from indigenous participants. Without diminishing the
trauma of conquest, the documents show how hard native people
worked to defend their sovereignty, and how they were always at
least partly the agents of their own destiny.”—Camilla Townsend,
author of Malintzin’s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of
Mexico
“This collection of original documents, and their analysis by Ida
Altman, provides a unique perspective on a little-studied part of
colonial Mexico, namely, the western region known as New Galicia.
These documents stand as a testimony to the conflicts between the
Spanish conquerors/colonists and the resistance of the native
peoples. Contesting Conquest is essential to understanding the full
implications of the conquest of Mexico that was begun by
Cortés.”—John F. Schwaller, author of The History of the Catholic
Church in Latin America
“Altman's volume presents in very compelling ways a summary of
primary sources about one of the earliest and most dramatic
indigenous military challenges to the Spanish colonial state: the
Mixton War (1540–1542). This work lucidly explores the variety of
native responses to colonial might, which ranged from all-out war
and annihilation to proud alliances with Spanish conquerors.”—David
Tavárez, author of The Invisible War: Indigenous Devotions,
Discipline, and Dissent in Colonial Mexico
“Readers will find that Altman’s superb selection of primary
sources is the first of this volume’s many virtues. Her clear and
succinct introductory chapter, deft and accessible translations,
and explanatory sections linking the translations keep readers well
situated. Scholars and students alike can enter and better
understand this complicated and fascinating history of indigenous
participation in the long conquest of greater Mexico.”—Sarah Cline,
University of California, Santa Barbara
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