W. George Lovell is Professor of Geography at Queen's
University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and author of A Beauty
That Hurts: Life and Death in Guatemala.
Christopher H. Lutz is author of Santiago de Guatemala,
1541–1773: City, Caste, and the Colonial Experience.
Wendy Kramer is author of Encomienda Politics in Early
Colonial Guatemala, 1524–1544: Dividing the Spoils.
"Written in accessible and engaging prose, Strike Fear in the Land
is essential reading for specialists, undergraduate and graduate
students, and those interested in better understanding the
complexities of Spanish colonization."-- Hispanic American
Historical Review
"This is the best book-length study, to date, of any of the Spanish
invasions of the Maya area. Strike Fear in the Land shows how a
sensitive reading of both European and Mesoamerican sources can
produce a succinct and significant contribution to the New Conquest
History."--Matthew Restall, author of When Montezuma Met Cortés:
The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History
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