The Aztecs : a very short introduction / Davíd Carrasco.
This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to cosmic reg...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
296. |
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| Online Access: | Oxford Very Short Introductions |
| Summary: | This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and through warfare. David Carrasco looks beyond Spanish accounts that have colored much of the Western narrative to let Aztec voices speak about their origin stories, the cosmic significance of their capital city, their methods of child rearing. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 138 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199365709 0199702195 1283348772 9780199365708 9780199702190 9781283348775 |