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Maya more books like this

by Michael D Coe

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 ...

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The Conquest of New Spain

The Conquest of New Spain more books like this

by Bernal Diaz, Bernal Diaz Del Castillo, John M Cohen (Introduction by)

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 ...

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A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya

A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya more books like this

by Linda Schele, David Freidel

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, ...

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Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570

Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570 more books like this

by Inga Clendinnen

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 ...

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Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec more books like this

by Mary Ellen Miller

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.

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Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest more books like this

by Matthew Restall

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 ...

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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this

by Miguel Leon-Portillo

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 ...

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The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this

by Miguel Leon-Portilla

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.

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A History of Mexico

A History of Mexico more books like this

by Henry B Parkes

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.

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The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics

The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics more books like this

by Gilbert M Joseph (Editor), Timothy J Henderson (Editor)

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 ...

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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs more books like this

by Michael D Coe

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 ...

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Aztecs: An Interpretation more books like this

by Inga Clendinnen

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 ...

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Ancient Mexico & Central America: Archaeology and Culture History more books like this

by Susan Toby Evans

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 ...

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Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico more books like this

by Stuart B Schwartz

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 ...

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On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel more books like this

by Tony Cohan

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.

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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

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.

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Course of Mexican History more books like this

by Michael C Meyer, William L Sherman, APR

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; ...

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Mysteries of the Mexican pyramids more books like this

by Peter Tompkins

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Basta!: Land and the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas more books like this

by George A Collier, Elizabeth Lowery Quaratiello

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.

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Aztecs of Central Mexico: An Imperial Society more books like this

by Frances F Berdan

Covers the compelling story of a complex, imperial society in central Mexico during the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs more books like this

by Buddy Levy

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.

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The Aztecs : rise and fall of an empire more books like this

by Serge Gruzinski

From the NEW HORIZONS series, a look at the Aztecs who created a refined society at the same time as carrying out mass human sacrifice, examining how these apparently contradictory aspects co-existed, and covering Aztec history from nomadic beginnings to the period of Spanish rule.

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The Ancient Maya more books like this

by Robert J Sharer

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 ...

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Mexico more books like this

by Michael D. Coe

Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his bestselling The Maya has now been completely revised and expanded for the fifth edition by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz. A new chapter covers the Classic period collapse and its aftermath ...

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Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera more books like this

by Isabel Alcantara, Sandra Egnolff

Frida Kahlo's stormy relationship with fellow artist Diego Rivera and how it affected her works is the subject of this study. Illustrated with works by both artists as well as contemporary photographs, this volume sheds new light on the life and imagery of one of the 20th century's greatest women artists. Present-day perceptions of Mexican art are ...

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