The Lords of Tetzcoco. The Transformation of Indigenous Rule in Postconquest Central Mexico, Hardback - ***

The book examines Spanish conquest and early colonialism from the vantage point of the indigenous nobility of Tetzcoco, one of the most important c...

DescriptionTetzcoco was one of the most important cities of the pre-Hispanic Aztec Empire. When the Spaniards arrived in 1519, the indigenous hered...

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Just over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civilization on earth. Within two centuries, China was home to nearly...

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Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Jason AaronIllustration(s): 128 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: ...

Spanish colonization of Latin America in the sixteenth century continues to provoke scholarly debate. Spanish missionaries employed various strateg...

Based on ethnography-driven regional comparison and a critical re-examination of classic monographs on some forty cultural groups, this volume make...

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Describes the lives of native leaders whose resilience and creativity allowed them to survive and prosper in the traumatic era of European conquest...

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The answer is a tale of operatic proportions, sweeping across continents from the 1848 European revolutions to the civil wars in Mexico and the USA...

Publisher: Simon & SchusterAuthor(s): Christopher LeonardNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 238 x 162 x 36Cover type: HardbackRe...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Deborah (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Ascher BarnstoneIllustration(s): 41 color and 6...

Whilst exploring the fundamentally different culture of the indigenous peoples of the Xingu, this stunning illustrated book follows the expedition ...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdIllustration(s): 480 illus., 360 color; 840 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 448Collection: The MIT PressPublicat...

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This book studies the way in which medieval ways of knowing the Oriental 'other' were constructed around the idea of a utopic East as located in th...

DescriptionThis wide-ranging reference book covers almost 3000 years of history, offering enthralling insights into the art and architecture, myths...

An analysis of the processes through which a stable, consolidated, and fully-democratic regime was brought into existence in the 1970s and early 19...

Cyril Christo, Marie Wilkinson and Lysander Christo have captured the endangered soul of Africa, threatened by humans and climate change, in a seri...

Publisher: New Village PressIllustration(s): 45 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 307Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 214 x 135 x 31Co...

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Analyzes the evolution of American-Soviet relations during the 1970s, from the rise of detente during the Nixon administration to the policy's cris...

DescriptionTrail of Footprints offers an intimate glimpse into the commission, circulation, and use of indigenous maps from colonial Mexico. A coll...

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A new and exciting interpretation of Bosch's masterpiece, repositioning the triptych as a history of humanity and the natural worldPublisher: Yale ...

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Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. This title provides a biography of his life....

William F. Bristow presents an original and illuminating study of Hegel's hugely influential but notoriously difficult Phenomenology of Spirit (180...

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