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The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Editionby Miguel Leon-Portilla
Beacon Press 2011; US$ 17.00For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears , León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts. more...
Human Sacrifice, Militarism, and Rulershipby Saburo Sugiyama; Colin Renfrew; Wendy Ashmore; Clive Gamble; John O'Shea
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 99.00In the first two centuries AD, Teotihuacan was the largest urban centre in the New World and the Feathered Serpent Pyramid a spectacular symbol of state power. Sugiyama investigates the ritual sacrifices that marked the erection of the Pyramid and the role of warfare and sacrifice in early Teotihuacan statecraft. more...
The Aztecsby Dirk R. Van Tuerenhout
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 75.00How did a bedraggled band of nomads manage to evolve into a Mesoamerican superpower in such a brief time? This volume looks at the essential elements in the Aztecs' rise, fall, and enduring influence. more...
Handbook to Life in the Aztec Worldby Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
Infobase Publishing 2006; US$ 70.00Captures the essence of life in great civilizations of the past. Each volume in this series examines a single civilization, and covers everything from landmark events and monumental achievements to geography and everyday life. more...
The History of Mexicoby Burton Kirkwood
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 19.00This narrative history of Mexico through 1998 will help readers understand the lively and sometimes turbulent history of Mexico. Surveying Mexico from the arrival of the first humans in the Western hemisphere to current issues at the turn of the new century, this work dispels many of the stereotypes about Mexico. more...
Anonimo Mexicanoby Richley Crapo; Bonnie Glass-Coffin
Utah State University Press 2005; US$ 23.00Anonimo Mexicano is the first publication of the full Nahuatl text and English translation of a rare and important Native history of preconquest Mexico. Written circa 1600 by an anonymous Tlaxcaltecan author, it is an epic account of the settling of central Mexico by Nahua peoples from the northern frontier. They developed a sophisticated culture with powerful city states and an agricultural economy, fought great wars, established dynasties, and recorded their history and legends in painted books. The Mexica became the most powerful of these nations until their conquest by the Spanish with the help of the Tlaxcalteca, who were rivals of the Mexica and whose national origin tale was recorded in Anonimo Mexicano . more...
New Yorkby Craig A. Doherty; Katherine M. Doherty
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 35.00Describes life in the early colony, including such details as the importance of the fur trade, wars instrumental to New York's development, the discrimination suffered by various peoples under Peter Stuyvesant, and early explorers of the area such as Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain. more...
The Moral Force of Indigenous Politicsby Courtney Jung
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 26.00Traces the transformation of indigenous politics in Mexico, linking indigenous identity directly to state formation. more...