Repost week 13

I like Stern’s Writing Style. It reminds me of Conrad and Demarest’s style in that there seems to be and overarching theme of reasoning in this book. While Conrad and Demarest have the idea of religious motivation tying in to most if not all of their conclusions in Religion and Empire, Stern has the Idea of economic motivation tied into the arguments and conclusions of Peru’s Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest. While the authors of these two books will disagree on motivation they do have a very similar way of presenting information so as to hold your attention. The way they describe events and seem to focus on the aspects that support their theories helps to hold my attention, if only to see at what angle they present a incident. This form of writing also helps the reader to look at history form a different angle, especially if you have more than one angle presented. Stern is especially good because not all of what he presents is obviously pointing to one central idea. This means that to find it you have to look and read carefully to find all the little tidbits of focused information. Thus leading to a more engaging and thought provoking book that encourages viewing the historical events at different angles so as to come to your own conclusion. This makes me happy and gives me more knowledge on how to argue my point in a historical paper or debate, and also allows me to search different texts for angled viewing or do so myself.