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11%OFFKevin Terraciano - The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca. Nudzahui History, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries.  - 9780804751049 - V9780804751049
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The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca. Nudzahui History, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries.

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Description for The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca. Nudzahui History, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries. paperback. A history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, this book focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750. Num Pages: 528 pages, 57 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 898.

This book is a history of the Mixtec Indians of southern Mexico, who in their own language call themselves Tay Ñudzahui, "people of the rain place." These people were among the most populous cultural and language groups of Mesoamerica at the time of the Spanish conquest. This study focuses on several dozen Mixtec communities in the region of Oaxaca during the period from about 1540 to 1750.

The work is largely based on an extraordinary collection of primary sources, translated and analyzed by the author, that were written by Mixtecs in the roman alphabet from the mid-sixteenth to the early ... Read more

The book addresses many interrelated topics, including writing, language, sociopolitical organization, local government, social and gender relations, land tenure, trade, rebellion, religion, ethnicity, and historical memory. Throughout, the author emphasizes the internal, indigenous perspective instead of relying on Spanish sources and points of view. In its focus on indigenous concepts, the book introduces a new terminology and new categories of analysis in colonial Mexican history. The conclusion makes detailed comparisons with recent findings on the Nahuas of central Mexico and the Maya of Yucatán, and revisits the question of cultural change among indigenous peoples under colonial rule.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804751049
SKU
V9780804751049
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About Kevin Terraciano
Kevin Terraciano is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles

Reviews for The Mixtecs of Colonial Oaxaca. Nudzahui History, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries.
"This is a work of very great importance, and its combination of cutting-edge research and readable style will likely make it a classic. Terraciano attempts to do for the Mixtecs what James Lockhart has accomplished for the Nahuas of central Mexico: to provide an 'inside view' of the colonial Indian culture using contemporary documents written by Indians in their own ... Read more

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