I read a portion of this in college and I remember not being too fond of it, and I've just sort of heard it's not a good book, sorta racist and eurocentric. I'm wondering what the real criticisms of this book are though since looking at a summary its seems sort of materialist?
Mostly wondering since my dad, who has not read a book since probably 1973, is getting a copy from the library and I want to know what chud shit I'm gonna have to deal with at the dinner table for the next couple months.
I think it always needs to be pointed out; Cortez didn't defeat the Aztecs. A coalition army of about 200,000 fighters, drawn from dozens of states and ethnic groups, of which the Spanish were an important part, defeated the Aztecs.