Postconquest Coyoacan: Nahua-Spanish Relations in Central Mexico, 1519-1650

by Rebecca Horn

This book studies Nahuas and Spaniards in the central Mexican jurisdiction of Coyoacan from the Spanish conquest until 1650, crafting a multidimensional portrait of their relations in both institutional and informal settings.

Initially, the primary site of Nahua-Spaniard contact was institutional, as Spanish authorities attempted to reshape local practices to fit their own notions and needs, changing regional states into Spanish municipalities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804727732
• ISBN13: 9780804727730
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"