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Brutality and benevolence : human ethology, culture, and the birth of Mexico

Author: Abel A Alves
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
Series: Contributions in Latin American studies, no. 8
Edition/Format: Book : English
Summary: "Cultural anthropology of the conquest and the establishment of the colonial system in the 16th century. Explores basic human sentiments - wonderment, hatred, brutality, compassion - using both the Aztec and the Spanish prisms. Food, justice, benevolence, and gender are the venues used to examine the behavior of indigenous and Spanish peoples"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Abel A Alves
ISBN: 031329982X 9780313299827
OCLC Number: 34080008
Description: 247 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Title: Contributions in Latin American studies, no. 8
Responsibility: Abel A. Alves.

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"Cultural anthropology of the conquest and the establishment of the colonial system in the 16th century. Explores basic human sentiments - wonderment, hatred, brutality, compassion - using both the Aztec and the Spanish prisms. Food, justice, benevolence, and gender are the venues used to examine the behavior of indigenous and Spanish peoples"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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