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Author Jones, Grant D., 1941-

Title The conquest of the last Maya kingdom / Grant D. Jones.

Publication Info. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [1998]
©1998

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 Moore Stacks  F1465.2.I87 J65 1998    Available  ---
Description xxvii, 568 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-538) and index.
Contents 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 and interrogation -- Prisoners of conquest -- Reconquest, epidemic, and warfare -- Missions, rebellion, and survival.
Subject Itza Indians -- History -- Sources.
Itza Indians.
History.
Genre/Form Sources.
Subject Itza Indians -- Politics and government.
Itza Indians -- Politics and government.
Itza Indians -- Government relations.
Petén (Guatemala : Department) -- History -- Sources.
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.
Spain.
Colonies.
America.
Administration.
Added Title Maya kingdom
ISBN 0804733171 cloth acid-free paper
0804735220 paperback acid-free paper