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1	Aztec Rage more books like this by Gary Jennings, Junius Podrug, Robert Gleason add to wishlist "This is a book that will change your ideas about Mexican history and the whole history of the Americas. It resonates with original research and vivid drama."--Thomas Fleming, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Liberty! The American Revolution on Aztec Rage." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Aztec Fire more books like this by Gary Jennings, Robert Gleason, Junius Podrug add to wishlist Continuing the fascinating history of Mexico that began in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling novel "Aztec" see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Colonial Mexico: A Traveler's Guide to Historic Districts and Towns more books like this by Chicki Mallan, Oz Mallan add to wishlist The intriguing colonial heritage of Mexico is profiled in this detailed and informative guide. Chicki Mallan leads readers through cities such as San Miguel de Allende, Merida, and Veracruz, revealing 500-year-old churches, Spanish haciendas, and imposing palaces in styles ranging from neoclassical to Mudejar. She also emphasizes distinctive ... see all copies from $3.57! new only from $7.99! \| SVS
4	The Forging of the Cosmic Race: A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico more books like this by Colin M MacLachlan add to wishlist "The Forging of the Cosmic Race" challenges the widely held notion that Mexico's colonial period is the source of many of that country's ills. The authors contend that New Spain was neither feudal nor pre-capitalists as some Neo-Marxist authors have argued. Instead they advance two central themes: that only in New Spain did a true mestizo society ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.18! \| first editions
5	The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion That Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest more books like this by David Roberts add to wishlist From the bestselling author of "Four Against the Arctic, comes a master ful account of one of the most remarkable stories from the Native American southwest: the successful Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish in 1680. of photos. see all copies from $2.19! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Mexico: Volume 2, the Colonial Era more books like this by Alan Knight add to wishlist This book is the second 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. Focusing on the period from 1521 to 1821, Volume 2 offers a comprehensive narrative and analysis of colonial Mexico following the Spanish conquest. In explaining colonial ... see all copies from $10.05! new only from $14.90! \| SVS
7	The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries more books like this by James Lockhart add to wishlist 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.'Lockhart, the most influential historian of colonial Latin American history of his generation, has written a pioneering ... see all copies from $32.46! new only from $32.46! \| first editions
8	The Southeast Frontier of New Spain more books like this by Peter Gerhard add to wishlist see all copies from $5.39! new only from $7.98! \| first editions
9	The Great Festivals of Colonial Mexico City: Performing Power and Identity more books like this by Linda A Curcio-Nagy add to wishlist This innovative work of cultural history examines the function of public rituals in colonial Mexico City. Festivals were a defining characteristic of life in the capital. For most of the colonial period, inhabitants could witness as many as 100 religious and civil celebrations in a year. The largest of these events, both civil and religious, were ... see all copies from $15.28! new only from $26.45! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Los Capitalistas: Hispano Merchants on the Santa Fe Trade more books like this by Susan Calafate Boyle add to wishlist This volume recounts the little-known history of Hispano merchants in the Santa Fe trade during the nineteenth century. Contrary to ethnic stereotypes, Hispanos were ambitious, savvy businessmen who practised the most modern methods of international finance. Their complex transactions linked Santa Fe with Chihuahua City, St. Louis, New Orleans, ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $4.63! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Encomienda in New Spain: The Beginning of Spanish Mexico more books like this by Lesley Byrd Simpson add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $28.66! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Call No Man Master more books like this by Tina Juarez add to wishlist Carmen Rangel is strong-willed and has a firm sense of her identity, despite being of mixed blood in the racially stratified society of colonial Mexico. Carmen is drawn more to the arts of warfare than those of domesticity and Carmen becomes a daring participant in the wars of Mexican independence from Spain and of Texas independence from Mexico. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
13	Nahuas and Spaniards: Postconquest Central Mexican History and Philology more books like this by James Lockhart add to wishlist The Nahua Indians of central Mexico (often misleadingly called Aztecs after the quite ephemeral confederation that existed among them in late pre-Hispanic times) were the most populus of Mesoamerica's cultural-linguistic groups at the time of the Spanish conquest. They remained at the center of developments for centuries thereafter, since the bulk ... see all copies from $6.09! new only from $22.73!
14 view cover	Roots of Insurgency: Mexican Regions, 1750-1824 more books like this by Brian R Hamnett add to wishlist Studies in Spanish American regional history have, as yet, made little attempt to incorporate the struggles for independence within the context of provincial society and politics viewed over the broader period that spans the late colonial and early national experience of Latin America. This book attempts a new perspective: it emphasises the ... see all copies from $39.50! new only from $39.59! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	Death and Dying in New Mexico more books like this by Martina Will De Chaparro add to wishlist In this exploration of how people lived and died in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Mexico, Martina Will de Chaparro weaves together the stories of individuals and communities in this cultural crossroads of the American Southwest. The wills and burial registers at the heart of this study provide insights into the variety of ways in which ... see all copies from $24.55! new only from $39.00! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Irish Zorro: The Extraordinary Adventures of William Lamport (1615-1659) more books like this by Gerard Ronan add to wishlist see all copies from $20.48! new only from $27.07! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Empire of Law and Indian Justice in Colonial Mexico more books like this by Brian Philip Owensby add to wishlist "Empire of Law and Indian Justice in Colonial Mexico" shows how Indian litigants and petitioners made sense of Spanish legal principles and processes when the dust of conquest had begun to settle after 1600. By juxtaposing hundreds of case records with written laws and treatises, Owensby reveals how Indians saw the law as a practical and moral ... see all copies from $63.78! new only from $66.00!
18	Nacar, the White Deer more books like this by Enrico Arno (Illustrator), Elizabeth Borton de Trevino add to wishlist see all copies from $2.95! first editions
19	Apache Frontier: Jacobo Ugarte and Spanish-Indian Relations in Northern New Spain, 1769-1791 more books like this by Max L Moorhead add to wishlist see all copies from $14.95! first editions
20 view cover	Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability more books like this by Georgina H Endfield add to wishlist By considering three case study regions in Mexico during the Colonial era, "Climate and Society in Colonial Mexico: A Study in Vulnerability" examines the complex interrelationship between climate and society and its contemporary implications. It provides unique insights on climate and society by capitalizing on Mexico's rich colonial archives. It ... see all copies from $34.00! new only from $34.00! \| SVS
21	Foreign Interest in the Independence of New Spain: An Introduction to the War for Independence more books like this by John Rydjord add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $75.00! \| first editions
22	Down from Colonialism: Mexico's Nineteenth Century Crisis more books like this by Jaime E Rodriguez add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $57.12! \| first editions
23 view cover	Transcending Conquest: Nahua Views of Spanish Colonial Mexico more books like this by Stephanie Gail Wood add to wishlist Columbus arrived on North American shores in 1492, and Cortes had replaced Moctezuma, the Aztec Nahua emperor, as the major figurehead in central Mexico by 1521. Five centuries later, the convergence of "old" and "new" worlds and the consequences of colonization continue to fascinate and horrify us. In Transcending Conquest, Stephanie Wood uses ... see all copies from $19.69! new only from $27.40! \| SVS
24	Among the Innocent more books like this by Elizabeth Borton De Treviino add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	New Spain: The Birth of Modern Mexico more books like this by Sir Nicolas Cheetham add to wishlist see all copies from $4.75! signed copies \| first editions

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