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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Harris, Max, 1949- Aztecs, Moors, and Christians. Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2000 (OCoLC)606360883 |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Max Harris |
ISBN: | 0292731310 9780292731318 0292731329 9780292731325 |
OCLC Number: | 42863144 |
Description: | x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Beheading the Moor (Zacatecas, 1996) -- Reading the Mask (Cuetzalan, 1988) -- Spain, 1150-1521 -- A Royal Wedding (Lleida, 1150) -- A Medley of Battles (Zaragoza, 1286-1414) -- A Martyrdom with Hobby Horses (Barcelona, 1424) -- A Game of Canes (Jaen, 1462) -- Mexico, 1321-1521 -- The Fields of the Wars of Flowers -- The Festival of the Sweeping of the Roads -- The Festival of the Raising of the Banners -- The Festival of the Flaying of Men -- The Dance of the Emperor Motecuzoma -- Mexico, 1521-1600 -- The Conquest of Mexico (1524-1536) -- The Conquest of Rhodes (Mexico City, 1539) -- The Conquest of Jerusalem (Tlaxcala, 1539) -- The Tensions of Empire (Mexico City, 1565-1595) -- The Travels of Alonso Ponce (New Spain, 1584-1589) -- The Conquest of New Mexico (1598) -- Spain, 1521-1600 -- Touring Aztecs (1522-1529) -- Royal Entries (Toledo, 1533, and Naples, 1543) -- Great Balls of Fire (Trent, 1549) -- Noble Fantasies (Binche, 1549, and Rouen, 1550) -- Feted Dreams of Peace (Andalusia, 1561-1571) -- Changing Tastes (Daroca to Valencia, 1585-1586) -- Gilded Indians (1521-1600) -- Dancing with Malinche (New Mexico and Oaxaca, 1993-1994). |
Responsibility: | Max Harris. |
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"This is a major contribution to the rich and fascinating cultural history of colonial-era Mexico and the tumultuous clash of European and Native American values, institutions, and technologies... It is beautifully written and makes compelling reading." Robert Potter, Professor of Dramatic Art, University of California, Santa Barbara Read more...
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