Law And The Transformation Of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700 - Brossura

Kellogg, Susan

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ISBN 10: 0806136855 ISBN 13: 9780806136851

Casa editrice: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 2005

Riassunto

In this book, Susan Kellogg explains how Spanish law served as an instrument of cultural transformation and adaptation in the lives of Nahuatl-speaking peoples during the years 1500–1700—the first two centuries of colonial rule. She shows that law had an impact on numerous aspects of daily life, especially gender relations, patterns of property ownership and transmission, and family and kinship organization.

Based on a wide array of local-level Spanish and Nahuatl documentation and an intensive analysis of seventy-three lawsuits over property involving Indians residing in colonial Mexico City (Tenochtitlán), this work reveals how legal documentation offers important clues to attitudes and perceptions.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Susan Kellogg is Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at the University of Houston, Texas.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0806136855
• ISBN 13: 9780806136851
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 285