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  • The Tame and the Wild

    People and Animals after 1492

    de Marcy Norton ...
    A dramatic new interpretation of the encounter between Europe and the Americas that reveals the crucial role of animals in the shaping of the modern world.When the men and women of the island of Guanahani first made contact with Christopher Columbus and his crew on October 12, 1492, the cultural differences between the two groups were vaster than the oceans that had separated them. There is ... Leer más

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  • The Aztecs

    A Very Short Introduction

    de David Carrasco ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    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 ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    de Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz ...
    “Masterly. . . . The complexities of Mexico’s ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” —Library JournalMichael 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 best-selling The Maya has now been revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz.The seventh edition incorporates new ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Aztecs

    An Interpretation

    de Inga Clendinnen ...
    Series series Canto Classics
    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 of social existence in the late imperial city to the ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Aztecs

    de Michael E. Smith ...
    Series series Peoples of America
    The Aztecs brings to life one of the best-known indigenous civilizations of the Americas in a vivid, comprehensive account of the ancient Aztecs.A thorough examination of Aztec origins and civilization including religion, science, and thoughtIncorporates the latest archaeological excavations and research into explanations of the Spanish conquest and the continuity of Aztec culture in Central ... Leer más

    $38.00 USD

  • The Inca

    Lost Civilizations

    de Kevin Lane ...
    Series Libro 13 - Lost Civilizations
    In their heyday the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the ‘Romans of the Americas’, these fabulous engineers converted the vertiginous, challenging landscapes of the Andes into a fertile region able to feed millions, alongside building royal estates such as Machu Picchu and a 40,000-kilometre road network ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City

    de Barbara E. Mundy ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    Winner, Book Prize in Latin American Studies, Colonial Section of Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 2016ALAA Book Award, Association for Latin American Art/Arvey Foundation, 2016The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350 ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Pre-Columbian America

    Empires of the New World

    de Kathleen Kuiper ...
    Series series Britannica Guide to Ancient Civilizations
    From the Mayan calendar to the Toltec architecture at Chichén Itzá, the bequests of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations have endured long after the societies that created them declined. The intellectual and cultural achievements of Pre-Columbian America rivaled those of ancient Rome and Egypt, and greatly enriched the landscape of present-day Mexico and Central America. The traditions, social ... Leer más

    $37.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs

    Edición de Deborah L. Nichols, Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs, the first of its kind, provides a current overview of recent research on the Aztec empire, the best documented prehispanic society in the Americas. Chapters span from the establishment of Aztec city-states to the encounter with the Spanish empire and the Colonial period that shaped the modern world. Articles in the Handbook take up new research trends and ... Leer más

    $46.79 USD

  • The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha

    de Susanna B. Hecht ...
    A "compelling and elegantly written" history of the fight for the Amazon basin and the work of a brilliant but overlooked Brazilian intellectual ( Times Literary Supplement, UK).The fortunes of the late nineteenth century's imperial powers depended on a single raw material—rubber—with only one source: the Amazon basin. This scenario ignited a decades-long conflict that found Britain, France, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ancient People of the Andes

    de Michael A. Malpass ...
    In Ancient People of the Andes**, Michael A. Malpass describes the prehistory of western South America from initial colonization to the Spanish Conquest**. All the major cultures of this region, from the Moche to the Inkas, receive thoughtful treatment, from their emergence to their demise or evolution. No South American culture that lived prior to the arrival of Europeans developed a writing ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Mixtecs of Oaxaca

    Ancient Times to the Present

    de Andrew K. Balkansky, Prof. Ronald Spores Sr. ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    The Mixtec peoples were among the major original developers of Mesoamerican civilization. Centuries before the Spanish Conquest, they formed literate urban states and maintained a uniquely innovative technology and a flourishing economy. Today, thousands of Mixtecs still live in Oaxaca, in present-day southern Mexico, and thousands more have migrated to locations throughout Mexico, the United ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD