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Extensively illustrated with detailed site plans and photographs, this architectural history of the Mexican plaza reveals why this central public space has been the heart of the community from ancient Mesoamerican times until the present.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. 2-7
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Authors’ Note
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-19
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-2
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  1. 1. The Primordial Sea: Forming Open Space in Mesoamerica
  2. pp. 3-32
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  1. 2. Forming Spanish Towns in Mesoamerican Culture
  2. pp. 33-60
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  1. 3. Sixteenth-Century Communal Open Spaces (Five Hundred Years Later)
  2. pp. 61-194
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  1. 4. Origins and Evolution
  2. pp. 195-196
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  1. Epilogue. Plazas in the Twenty-first Century
  2. pp. 197-202
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  1. Appendix. Measured Drawings: Plans of Towns
  2. pp. 203-218
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 219-254
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 248-251
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 252-263
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 264-273
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