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The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction - Very Short Introductions
Carrasco, David (Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of Latin America, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of Latin America, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)
The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction - Very Short Introductions
Carrasco, David (Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of Latin America, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of Latin America, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA)
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.
160 pages, 10 b/w halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 26, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9780195379389 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 152 |
Dimensions | 174 × 156 × 8 mm · 126 g |
Language | English |