Ambivalent Conquests. Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 - Clendinnen

Ambivalent Conquests. Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 by Inga Clendinnen. From the blurb: '...explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive outcomes. She seeks to penetrate the ways of thinking and feeling of the Mayan Indians in a detailed reconstruction of their assessment of the intruders.' What happened when the Yucatan Maya confronted the invading Spanish. Hardcover. 243pp.