Mexico: Volume 1, From the Beginning to the Spanish Conquest
Mexico: Volume 1, From the Beginning to the Spanish Conquest
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This, the first in a three-volume history, charts the development of Mesoamerica from roughly 25,000 BC down to the Spanish Conquest. Analysing the principal periods and ethnic groups, Alan Knight seeks to explain the basic processes of pre-conquest history. The book concludes with the birth of colonial New Spain.
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Mexico: Volume 1, From the Beginning to the Spanish Conquest by Alan Knight
This book is the first in a three-volume history of Mexico, a major work that conveys the full sweep of Mexican history in all its social, economic, and political diversity. Volume 1 charts the development of Mesoamerica from roughly 25,000 BC down to the Spanish Conquest in 1519–21. Analysing the principal periods and ethnic groups - Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, Teotihuacano, and Aztec - Alan Knight seeks to explain the basic processes of pre-conquest history: the formation of states and social hierarchies, the rise and fall of empires, the role of religion, 'markets', migration and ecology, patterns of settlement and consequent regional differentiation. Clear, comprehensive, and gracefully written, Knight's analysis illustrates the rich diversity of Mesoamerican history, while locating that history within a broader, comparative framework of historical change. The book concludes with the trauma of the conquest, the destruction of the Aztec empire, and the birth of colonial New Spain.
'… a history of Mexico which promises to become a major addition to the historiography of Latin America' The English Historical Review
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521891950 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521891957 |
| Title | Mexico: Volume 1, From the Beginning to the Spanish Conquest |
| Author | Alan Knight |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2002-09-23 |
| Number of pages | 276 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |