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The death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the life of Mexico City /
"The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. In 1521, at th...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- A Note on Spelling and Translations
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Water and the Sacred City
- Chapter 3: The Tlatoani in Tenochtitlan
- Chapter 4: The City in the Conquest's Wake
- Chapter 5: Huanitzin Recenters the City
- Chapter 6: Forgetting Tenochtitlan
- Chapter 7: Place-Names in Mexico-Tenochtitlan
- Chapter 8: Axes in the City
- Chapter 9: Water and Altepetl in the Late Sixteenth-Century City
- Chapter 10: Remembering Tenochtitlan.