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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us as we read Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend. Books are av
 ailable at the library for you to borrow.\n\nIn November 1519\, Hernando C
 ortés 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 ha
 ppened afterwards--has been told many times\, but always following the nar
 rative offered by the Spaniards. After all\,\nwe 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\ntranslated\, and rarel
 y consulted by scholars.\n\nFor the first time\, in Fifth Sun\, the histor
 y 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\nfigures 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 capitula
 te to Spanish culture and colonization.\nInstead\, they realigned their po
 litical allegiances\, accommodated new obligations\, adopted new technolog
 ies\, and endured.\n\nThis engaging revisionist history of the Aztecs\, to
 ld through their own words\, explores the experience of a once-powerful pe
 ople facing the trauma of conquest and finding ways to survive\, offering 
 an empathetic interpretation for experts and non-specialists alike.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us as we read Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend. Books are ava
 ilable at the library for you to borrow.\n\nIn November 1519\, Hernando Co
 rtés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom a
 nd came face to face with Moctezuma. That story--and the story of what hap
 pened afterwards--has been told many times\, but always following the narr
 ative offered by the Spaniards. After all\,\nwe have been taught\, it was 
 the Europeans who held the pens. But the Native Americans were intrigued b
 y 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\ntranslated\, and rarely
  consulted by scholars.\n\nFor the first time\, in Fifth Sun\, 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\nfigures of European stereotypes. The c
 onquest\, in this work\, is neither an apocalyptic moment\, nor an origin 
 story launching Mexicans into existence. The Mexica people had a history o
 f their own long before the Europeans arrived and did not simply capitulat
 e to Spanish culture and colonization.\nInstead\, they realigned their pol
 itical allegiances\, accommodated new obligations\, adopted new technologi
 es\, and endured.\n\nThis engaging revisionist history of the Aztecs\, tol
 d through their own words\, explores the experience of a once-powerful peo
 ple facing the trauma of conquest and finding ways to survive\, offering a
 n empathetic interpretation for experts and non-specialists alike.
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LOCATION:Fiction Room
SUMMARY:Read Around the World Book Club: Fifth Sun by Camilla Townsend
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