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1	Maya more books like this by Michael D Coe add to wishlist In this revised and expanded introduction to the Maya, Professor Coe incorporates the latest ideas and research in a fast-changing field. Spectacular tomb discoveries at the city of Copan reveal some of the early artistic and architectural splendours at this major site. New finds here and elsewhere entail a complete reinterpretation of the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	The Conquest of New Spain more books like this by Bernal Diaz, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, John M Cohen (Introduction by) add to wishlist Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo, himself a soldier under Cortes, presents a fascinatingly detailed description of the Spanish ... see all copies from £3.92! new only from £7.33! \| first editions
3	Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 more books like this by Inga Clendinnen add to wishlist This is both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire, and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world. Dr Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its destructive ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.29! \| first editions
4	A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya more books like this by Linda Schele, David Freidel add to wishlist The mystique of the pre-Columbian Maya has prompted much speculation about the nature of this sophisticated people. With the breaking of their elaborate hieroglyphic code, Schele and Freidel, Mayan scholars of note, provide a new look at the Maya. Structured on sound scholarly principles, their presentation abounds in notes, references, indexes, ... see all copies from £6.79! new only from £13.60! \| first editions
5	Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec more books like this by Mary Ellen Miller add to wishlist This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as of their less-famous contemporaries. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
6	Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest more books like this by Matthew Restall add to wishlist Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortes, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian ... see all copies from £9.70! new only from £11.72!
7	Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History more books like this by Susan Toby Evans add to wishlist In recent decades, archaeologists have made enormous progress in revealing the prehistory of the rich and varied civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica. This textbook captures the excitement and rich details of these ancient peoples, surveying every aspect of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica from Paleoindian times (c.1800 BC) to the European intrusion in ... see all copies from £17.91! new only from £18.40! \| first editions
8	The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this by Miguel Leon-Portillo add to wishlist A new expanded version of the classic account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, as told by Aztec voices--with a new Postscript by the editor For 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 Leon-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding ... see all copies from £10.22! new only from £10.49!
9	The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this by Miguel Leon-Portilla add to wishlist In this updated edition of his classic "The Broken Spears", Leon-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. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £10.77! \| first editions
10	A History of Mexico more books like this by Henry B Parkes add to wishlist The book begins with an examination of Indian Mexico and continues with the Spanish Conquest, New Spain, the War of Independence, the age of Santa Anna, the reform, the reign of Diaz, the revolution, and the period of reconstruction. see all copies from £4.88! new only from £29.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border more books like this by Luis Alberto Urrea, John Lueders-Booth (Photographer) add to wishlist Much has been written about the hardships faced by Mexicans who have illegally crossed over into the United States, but until now almost no attention has been paid to the terrible living conditions these people suffer "across the wire" (behind the Mexican border), which forces so many of them to make the dangerous journey to the U.S. 15 photos. see all copies from £3.80! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs more books like this by Michael D Coe add to wishlist An introduction to Mexico's ancient civilizations. This companion volume to the author's book "The Maya" has been completely revised and expanded. Enlarged sections are included on early village life and the rise of Olmec civilization. Recent discoveries - such as the stela from La Mojarra inscribed in the mysterious Isthmian script or the mass ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £10.03!
13 view cover	Aztecs: An Interpretation more books like this by Inga Clendinnen add to wishlist In 1521, the city of Tenochtitlan, magnificent centre of the Aztec empire, fell to the Spaniards and their Indian allies. Inga Clendinnen's account of the Aztecs recreates the culture of that city in its last unthreatened years. It provides a vividly dramatic analysis of Aztec ceremony as performance art, binding the key experiences and concerns ... see all copies from £3.06! new only from £6.82! \| first editions
14 view cover	Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this by Stuart B Schwartz add to wishlist How did a small band of Spanish conquistadors overthrow a mighty Aztec empire in 16th century Mexico? Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and testimonies - many recently uncovered - of indigenous Nahua survivors gathered by Bernardino de Sahagun, "Victors and Vanquished" demonstrates how personal ... see all copies from £6.80! new only from £11.89! \| first editions
15 view cover	On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel more books like this by Tony Cohan add to wishlist Novelist Tony Cohan and his wife fell for the laid-back pace of life in San Miguel de Allende in Central Mexico. Impulsively, they sold their California house and moved south. This is the chronicle of their move, and of how they managed--gradually, and not without trauma--to become integrated into the life of a Mexican town. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado more books like this by Medea Benjamin (Editor), Elvia Alvarado add to wishlist Trained by the Catholic Church to organize women's groups to combat malnutrition, Alvarado, a woman with a second-grade education, began to question the wretched conditions she saw around her. She became one of her country's leading political activists. 14 pages of halftones. PBS documentary scheduled for May. see all copies from £5.08! new only from £5.08! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Ancient Maya more books like this by Robert J Sharer add to wishlist The rich findings of recent exploration and research are incorporated in this completely revised and greatly expanded edition of the standard work on the New World's most brilliant native civilization - that of the Maya people of northern Central America and southern Mexico. New field discoveries, new technical advances, new successes in the ... see all copies from £7.13! new only from £22.58!
18 view cover	Course of Mexican History more books like this by Michael C Meyer, William L Sherman, APR add to wishlist The Course of Mexican History has long been the leading textbook in the Mexican history course market. This seventh edition offers an up-to-date, lively, and engaging survey of Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Topics covered include pre-Columbian cultures, such as the Incas and the Mayas; life in Mexico under Spanish rule; ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £19.69! \| first editions
19 view cover	The Limits of Racial Domination: Plebeian Society in Colonial Mexico City, 1660-1720 more books like this by Douglas Cope, R Douglas Cope add to wishlist Challenges the traditional view of castas (members of the caste system created by Spanish overlords) as alienated and dominated by a desire to improve their status. This text argues that instead, social control by the Spanish rested on patron-client networks. see all copies from £10.52! new only from £16.47! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics more books like this by Gilbert M Joseph (Editor), Timothy J Henderson (Editor) add to wishlist The Mexico Reader is a vivid introduction to muchos Mexicos-the many Mexicos, or the many varied histories and cultures that comprise contemporary Mexico. Unparalleled in scope and written for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the collection offers a comprehensive guide to the history and culture of Mexico-including its difficult, uneven ... see all copies from £10.93! new only from £14.71!
21 view cover	Basta!: Land and the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas more books like this by George A Collier, Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello add to wishlist Basta! is an investigation of the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, and the social tensions, land struggles, ethnic conflict, and cruel government that created the rebellion. With a new afterword by the author about Chiapas today and its successes and failures. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.53! \| first editions
22 view cover	Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society more books like this by Frances F Berdan add to wishlist Covers the compelling story of a complex, imperial society in central Mexico during the 15th and 16th centuries. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £20.80!
23 view cover	A Traveller's History of Mexico more books like this by Kenneth Pearce, John Hoste (Illustrator), Denis Judd add to wishlist Mexico is a land torn between Latin America and the U.S., between its Indian and revolutionary past and the modern trappings of skyscrapers, cellular phones, and factories. "Mexico in Focus" is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to this vivid and tumultuous nation. It explores the land, the people and their history. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.91!
24 view cover	The Aztecs more books like this by Richard F Townsend, Ph.D. add to wishlist The Aztecs have a reputation less as a civilizing force than as the barbaric practitioners of human sacrifice. Yet their achievements are impressive: within 100 years they established the largest empire in Central American history, and at Tenochtitlan actually built a city in a lake. Richard Townsend aims to present a rounded portrait of the ... see all copies from £2.36! new only from £7.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs more books like this by Buddy Levy add to wishlist Epic in scope, entertaining as it is enlightening, "Conquistador" is the story of Hernn Corts, his confrontation with King Montezuma, and the last stand of the Aztecs. see all copies from £6.49! new only from £6.68! \| first editions

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