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- The Virgin's Children: Life in an Aztec Village Today
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- 1960
- Published by: University of Texas Press
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An absorbing account of the descendants of the ancient Aztecs and of the survival of their culture into the twentieth century in the Valley of Mexico is presented in this fascinating volume
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- Introduction and Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-x
- Illustrations
- pp. xiii-xviii
- 1. Aztec Heritage
- pp. 3-20
- 2. Conquest and Conversion
- pp. 21-34
- 3. Place of the Yellow Stones
- pp. 35-56
- 4. "My House Is Yours"
- pp. 57-72
- 5. Children of Fate
- pp. 73-92
- 6. Parents and Godparents
- pp. 93-104
- 7. The Mayor and His Neighbors
- pp. 105-124
- 8. God the Destroyer
- pp. 125-140
- 9. Pancho and the Virgins
- pp. 141-160
- 10. Hot and Cold
- pp. 161-180
- 11. Evil Air
- pp. 181-191
- 12. Witchcraft
- pp. 192-208
- 13. The Other Life
- pp. 209-220
- 14. The Old and the New
- pp. 221-230
- Bibliography
- pp. 237-240
Additional Information
ISBN
9781477301296
Related ISBN(s)
9780292787131
MARC Record
OCLC
966819273
Pages
264
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
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