Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco Hardcover - 1991
by Susan Schroeder
From the jacket flap
"A thorough treatment of the sociopolitical history of the kingdoms of Chalco as seen through the eyes of one of the great post-Conquest Nahua historians. . . . Students of Nahuatl language will be rewarded by the extensive citations (with accompanying translations) of relevant material from original Nahua sources."a"Choice"
"By delineating the concepts and personae that were most salient in Chimalpahin's politically-oriented perspective on the past, Schroeder has advanced our understanding of native Mexican political organization and has made a major contribution toward interpreting the work of this Nahua historian."a"Anthropos" "In this well-structured volume, Susan Schroeder synthesizes Chimalpahin's detailed information on the Prehispanic kingdoms of Chalco (located in the southern Valley of Mexico) with particular emphasis on their sociopolitical organization. . . . A valuable contribution.'a"American Antiquity"
"This is an important piece of scholarship which makes more accessible to general historians of colonial Mexico an item of Nahuatl literature."a"The Americas"
Details
- Title Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco
- Author Susan Schroeder
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 264
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Arizona Press, Tucson
- Date 1991-03
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780816511822 / 0816511829
- Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.28 x 1.08 in (23.67 x 15.95 x 2.74 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Cultural Region: Mexican
- Library of Congress subjects Aztecs - Politics and government, Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin, Domingo
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90-11170
- Dewey Decimal Code 972.52