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The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction

By David Carrasco

Release : 2011-12-02

Genre : Latin American History, Books, History, European History, History of the Americas

Kind : ebook

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This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.

The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction

By David Carrasco

Release : 2011-12-02

Genre : Latin American History, Books, History, European History, History of the Americas

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and warfare.

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