Aztec Kings: The Construction of Rulership in Mexica History by Gillespie, Susan D - 1992

University of Arizona Press, 1992-07-01. paperback. Good. 6x1x9. Paperback.Binding tight.Cover clean.Minor wear to page edges and corners. P/O's name in pen on first page, otherwise, No writing, highlighting, or marks in text.From the estate of a smoker.

Brand: University of Arizona Press, 1992-07-01. paperback. Used: Good.

University of Arizona Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1992. Paperback. 0816513392 . 6.25 X 1 X 9.25 inches; 272 pages .

University of Arizona Press, 1992-07-01. Paperback. Like New. Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked.

Ucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1992. Second Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 272 Pages Indexed. Green remainder mark on bottom page edges. Interior text pages are bright, tight, and white. No marks. Scholars have long viewed histories of the Aztecs either as flawed chronologies plagued by internal inconsistencies and intersource discrepancies or as legends that indiscriminately mingle reality with the supernatural. But this new work draws fresh conclusions from these documents, proposing that Aztec dynastic history was recast by its sixteenth-century recorders not merely to glorify ancestors but to make sense out of the trauma of conquest and colonialism. The Aztec Kings is the first major study to take into account the Aztec cyclical conception of time which required that history constantly be reinterpreted to achieve continuity between past and present and to treat indigenous historical traditions as symbolic statements in narrative form. Susan Gillespie focuses on the… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Arizona Press, 1992-07-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!