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The Origins of Violence in Mexican Society
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Christina Jacqueline Johns
Book Code: C4838
ISBN: 0-275-94838-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-94838-2
240 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 5/30/1995
List Price: $106.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The bloody, mass sacrifices of the Aztec empire have been documented and decried since the 16th century when the Spanish began using violence to justify their own domination of the Mesoamerican Indian population. Similarly, the violence of the Conquest, and the first years of the Spanish colonial occupation of Mexico, have been discussed and decried. However, researchers and scholars have discussed the violence of both societies only in descriptive terms, rarely attempting to offer explanations for the violence of the two periods. The unique feature of this analysis is a socioeconomic investigation of labor patterns, food production, trade, wealth, population, and environment, providing an explanatory framework for what otherwise appears as senseless and random violence. In this study, Johns analyzes the violence of Aztec and Conquest Mexico from a materialistic perspective.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Rise of the Aztec State
  • The Aztec Social Formation in the Later Empire
  • Warfare in Aztec Mexico
  • Forced Labor in Aztec Mexico
  • Legal Sanctions in Aztec Mexico
  • Aztec Human Sacrifice and the Politics of Fear
  • Spain and the World Economy
  • Warfare in the Age of the Conquistador
  • Forced Labor in Conquest Mexico
  • Legal Sanctions in Conquest Mexico
  • The Heritage of Violence in Mexico
  • References
LC Card Number: 94-32917
LCC Class: HN120
Dewey Class: 303.6
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