Rethinking the Aztec Economy edited by Deborah L. Nichols, Frances F. Berdan, and Michael E. Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- editor.

Berdan, Frances F., editor.

Nichols, Deborah L., editor.

Series:

Amerind studies in anthropology.

Amerind series in anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Mexico--Commerce--History.

Indians of Mexico.

Aztecs--Commerce.

Aztecs.

Aztecs--Economic conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Rethinking the Aztec Economy provides new perspectives on the society and economy of the ancient Aztecs by focusing on goods and their patterns of circulation"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction. Aztec Economy and Empire Through the Lens of Objects - Frances F. Berdan, Kenneth G. Hirth, Deborah L. Nichols, and Michael E. Smith

Part I. The Economy and Commerce

1. Farm to Market in the Aztec Imperial Economy - Deborah L. Nichols

2. Cities in the Aztec Empire: Commerce, Imperialism, and Urbanization - Michael E. Smith

3. The Sixteenth-Century Merchant Community of Santa María Acxotla, Puebla - Kenneth G. Hirth, Sarah Imfeld, and Colin Hirth

Part II. The Economics of Ritual and Social Objects

4. The Behavioral Economics of Contemporary Nahua Religion and Ritual - Alan R. Sandstrom and Pamela Effrein Sandstrom

5. The Economics of Mexica Religious Performance - Frances F. Berdan

6. Precious Feathers and Fancy Fifteenth-Century Feathered Shields - Laura Filloy Nadal and María Olvido Moreno Guzmán

7. Conflicting Economic and Sacred Values in Aztec Society - Emily Umberger

Part III. Economy at the Aztec Periphery

8. Cacao and Commerce in Late Postclassic Xoconochco - Janine Gasco

9. Aztec Imperialism and Gulf Ceramic Emulation: Comparison with Teotihuacan - Barbara L. Stark

10. Wrapping Up Objects, Economy, and Empire: Scale, Integration, and Change - Kenneth G. Hirth, Michael E. Smith, Frances F. Berdan, and Deborah L. Nichols

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8165-3633-3

OCLC:

973799451