David Carrasco

The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199702190
• Artikelnr.: 38152014

Autorenporträt

Davíd Carrasco is the Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America at Harvard University. For his scholarship in Mesoamerican religions and his work on Mexican American culture he received the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The City of Tenochtitlan: Center of The Aztec World
Chapter 2: Aztec Foundations: Aztlan, Cities, Peoples
Chapter 3: Aztec Expansion through Conquest and Trade
Chapter 4: Cosmovision and Human Sacrifice
Chapter 5: Women and Children: Weavers of Life and Precious Necklaces
Chapter 6: Word Play, Philosophy, Sculpture
Chapter 7: The Fall of the Aztecs
Chapter 8: The Return of the Aztecs
References
Further Reading
Index