Main entry:

Lockhart, James.

Title & Author:

The Nahuas after the conquest : a social and cultural history of the Indians of central Mexico, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries / James Lockhart.

Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©1992.

Description:

xv, 650 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 613-630) and index.
1. Introduction. Views of Postconquest Nahua History. Uses of Language. Some Dimensions and Attributes of the Book. Debts and Affinities -- 2. Altepetl. Basic Principles of Altepetl Organization. Complex Altepetl. The Sixteenth-Century Reorganization. Town Government and Structure in the Later Colonial Period -- 3. Household. Terminology and Constitution of the Household Complex. The Vocabulary of Kinship. Hints of Household Interaction -- 4. Social Differentiation. Commoners. Nobles, Lords, and Rulers. General Changes in the Postconquest Era. The Evolution of Naming Patterns. The Persistence of an Upper Group -- 5. Land and Living. Land Tenure at Contact. Land in Postconquest Times. Economic Life and Material Culture -- 6. Religious Life. Religion and the Politics of the Altepetl. The Church People. Cofradías. The Church as Personal Property. Saints. The Question of Beliefs -- 7. Language. Stage 1. Stage 2. Stage 3. "Stage 4" -- 8. Ways of Writing. Preconquest Writing. The Introduction of Spanish-Style Writing. Postconquest Pictographic Writing. Alphabetic Writing. From Pictographic to Alphabetic. Preconquest Modes in Alphabetic Texts. The Evolution of the Spanish Documentary Genres in Nahuatl -- 9. Forms of Expression. Annals. Songs. Theater. Titles. A Glimpse at Art and Architecture -- 10. Conclusion. The Stages. Some Aspects of Organization in Nahua Culture. The Nature of Cultural Interaction. Perspectives -- Appendix A. Four Nahuatl Documents -- Appendix B. Molina's Model Testament.
Albert J. Beveridge Award, 1993
Dust jacket.

Summary:

A monumental achievement of scholarship, this volume on the Nahua Indians of Central Mexico (often called Aztecs) constitutes our best understanding of any New World indigenous society in the period following European contact. -- From publisher's description.

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ISBN:

0804719276
9780804719278
0804723176
9780804723176

Subject:

Nahuas History.
Nahuas Social life and customs.
Indians, North American history
Nahuas (Indios) Vida social y costumbres.
Nahua Histoire.
Nahua Mœurs et coutumes.
Nahuas.
Nahua (volk)
Historia da america cultura.
Antropologia cult social.
Indios.
Linguas indigenas (america central)
Indiens Mexique Conditions sociales 17e s.
Indiens Mexique Conditions sociales 18e siècle.
Indiens Mexique Conditions sociales 16e siècle.
Nahua (Indiens) Moeurs et coutumes.
Nahua (Indiens) 1500-1800.
Geschichte (1519-1770)
Mexico History Spanish colony, 1540-1810.
México Historia Colonia, 1540 1810.
Mexique Histoire 1540-1810 (Colonie espagnole)
Mexico.
Mexique 1540-1810 (Colonie espagnole)
Nahua.
Geschichte 1500-1800

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87886
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:93-B2201
Status: Available