Aztecs : an interpretation / Inga Clendinnen
Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press , c1991.Description: xiii, 398 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780521400930
- LAS 972.014 CLE
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Latin American Studies | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | LAS 972.014 CLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 066032 |
Includes bibliographical references (365-387) and index.
Inga Clendinnen creates a vivid and dramatic picture of life in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, once the nerve centre of the Aztec tribute empire. She explores the worlds of Aztec women, of priests and of warriors, in an extraordinary recreation of everyday life in the city. Contrasting the beauty and sophistication of Aztec culture with the savagery of human sacrifice, she attempts to explain the philosophy, rituals, and social structures that underpinned this remarkable empire.
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