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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The ancient earthworks and temples of the American Indians	Lindesay Brine	xvi, 429 pages, 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : 22 cm	OL1089822W
History of the conquest of Mexico	William Hickling Prescott	"The History of the Conquest of Mexico is William Prescott's epic account of Cortes's subjugation of the Aztec people, one that endures as a landmark work of nineteenth-century historiography and dra…	OL1128709W
Cuauhnáhuac 1450-1675, su historia indígena y documentos en "mexicano"	Brígida von Mentz	"Describes some of the social and linguistic transformations that took place between 1450 and 1675 in the Cuauhnhuac region (now Cuernavaca, south of Mexico), seen from the perspective of the Nahuatl…	OL11872021W
El servicio personal de los indios en la Nueva España	Zavala, Silvio Arturo	"Two more volumes of Zavala's extremely valuable work, organized topically as in the past and offering commentaries, digests, and descriptions of archival documentation, other primary sources, and pe…	OL1214746W
The Aztecs under Spanish rule	Charles Gibson	Outlines the influence that Spanish rule had upon all aspects of Aztec life during the three hundred years after their conquest.	OL1247032W
Tortillas for the gods	Evon Zartman Vogt	For nearly 20 years, the author observed rituals in Zinacanteco society (Chiapas, Mexico). Those rituals organize life into a four stage cycle. Prestige (as determined by age and wealth) is also a fa…	OL1317303W
I Am Lavina Cumming	Susan Lowell	While staying with relatives in California after the death of her mother, ten-year-old Lavina sees the arrival of the automobile and experiences the great San Francisco earthquake.	OL14458W
Foods of the Americas	Fernando Divina,Marlene Divina	The culinary traditions of the native peoples of the Americas are celebrated in this lavish book produced in association with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Written by chef F…	OL15101671W
Rebellion in Chiapas	John Womack	John Womack has an uncanny feeling for the infinitely complex strains of Mexico. Here, Woack examines the conflict in Chiapas in light of 500 years of struggle and uneasy accomodation between the reg…	OL15163683W
COLECCION MENDOZA O CODICE MENDOCINO	Bernardino de Sahagún	THIS IS A FACSIMILAR REPRODUCTION OF COLECCION MENDOZA OR CODICE MENDOCINO, EDITED BY JESUS GALINDO Y VILLA. IT'S WRONG THE TITLE AND AUTHOR. IS NOT A TITLE OF BERNARDINO DE SAHAGUN. PLEASE CHECK IT…	OL15385447W
Numerología astronómica mesoamericana en la arquitectura y el arte	Margarita Martínez del Sobral	Major investigation by architect Margarita Martínez del Sobral y Campa in what represents the outcome of a 3-year long research project on astronomic geometry, more concisely in the precise numeric r…	OL15932152W
The sexual practices of Quodoushka	Amara Charles	"Practical exercises to reach higher levels of orgasm, renew relationships, and discover the healing power of sex"--Provided by publisher.	OL16190716W
Starfields	Carolyn Marsden	While big changes are coming to her Mexican village, nine-year-old Rosalba hears that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012 and she dreams of an ancient Mayan boy, eyes bound in a …	OL16316423W
The goldsmith's daughter	Tanya Landman	In the golden city of Tenochtitilan, the people live in awe of Emperor Montezuma and in fear of blood-hungry gods. Under an ill-fated sky, a girl is born, facing a life of submission and domestic dru…	OL16469589W
La hermosa Señora	Pat Mora	Grandma Lupita tells her granddaughter Rose and Rose's friend Terry the story of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a miracle that occurred near Mexico City in 1531. Includes facts about the event and its influe…	OL16557732W
Caciques and their people	Judith Francis Zeitlin,Joyce Marcus	"Articles review Spores' contributions to Mixtec archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnology. Other topics include archaeological theory, the colonial period, Xaltocán, Cholula, codex-style vessel from…	OL18967008W
Malinche	Gloria Durán	A biography of La Malinche, the Aztec noblewoman who served as translator, interpreter, and mistress to Cortez during the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1520.	OL19210570W
La Malinche, sus padres y sus hijos	Margo Glantz	"Provocative collection of essays by literary critics and historians on the real, the symbolic, and the mythological Malinche, Cortes' mistress during the conquest of Mexico. Highly recommended as a …	OL19226445W
The Aztecs	Jacqueline Dineen	Describes the history and customs of the Aztec civilization from its beginnings to its conquest by Spanish explorers.	OL1951728W
Mayas y aztecas	Antonio Aimi	"Este volumen está íntegramente dedicado a las antiguas civilizaciones de Mesoamérica, concretamente a la maya y la azteca, que poblaron México y el área más septentrional de Centroamérica. Con el ap…	OL19931474W