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Pueblos within pueblos : tlaxilacalli communities in Acolhuacan, Mexico, ca. 1272-1692 / Benjamin D. Johnson.
Van Pelt Library F1219.1.T4 J64 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Benjamin D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communities--Political aspects--Mexico--Texcoco (Region)--History.
- Communities.
- Tezcucan Indians.
- Politics and government.
- Communities--Political aspects.
- History.
- Texcoco (Mexico : Region)--Colonization--History.
- Texcoco (Mexico : Region).
- Tezcucan Indians--Mexico--Texcoco (Region)--Politics and government.
- Mexico--Texcoco (Region).
- Physical Description:
- xv, 252 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Systematically analyzing tlaxilacalli history over four centuries, beginning with their rise at the dawn of the Aztec empire through their transformation into "pueblos" of mid-colonial New Spain. Before the Aztecs rise, commoners in pre-Hispanic central Mexico set the groundwork for a new style of imperial expansion"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- History and tlaxilacalli
- The rise of tlaxilacalli, ca. 1272-1454
- Acolhua imperialisms, ca. 1420s-1583
- Community and change
- In Cuauhtepoztlan tlaxilacalli, ca. 1544-1575
- Tlaxilacalli religions, 1537-1587
- Tlaxilacalli ascendant, 1562-1613
- Communities reborn, 1581-1692
- Conclusion : tlaxilacalli and barrio.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781607326908
- 1607326906
- OCLC:
- 988027988
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