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Mesoamerican voices, native-language writings from Colonial Mexico, Oaxaca, Yucatan, and Guatemala, edited by Matthew Restall, Lisa Sousa, Kevin Terraciano

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Mesoamerican voices, native-language writings from Colonial Mexico, Oaxaca, Yucatan, and Guatemala, edited by Matthew Restall, Lisa Sousa, Kevin Terraciano

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-237) and index

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mapsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

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Mesoamerican voices

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bibliography

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60323147

Responsibility statement

edited by Matthew Restall, Lisa Sousa, Kevin Terraciano

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native-language writings from Colonial Mexico, Oaxaca, Yucatan, and Guatemala

Summary

Translated into English, these texts were written from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries by Nahuas from central Mexico, Mixtecs from Oaxaca, Maya from Yucatan, and other groups from Mexico and Guatemala. This collection provides college teachers and students access to important new sources for the history of Latin America and Native Americans. It is the first to present the translated writings of so many native groups and to address such a variety of topics, including conquest, government, land, household, society, gender, religion, writing, law, crime, and morality

Table Of Contents

Mesoamericans and Spaniards in the sixteenth century -- Literacy in colonial Mesoamerica -- Views of the conquest -- Political life -- Household and land -- Society and gender -- Crime and punishment -- Religious life -- Rhetoric and moral philosophy

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