Islands in the Lake: Environment and Ethnohistory in Xochimilco, New Spain

ISBN-13: 9781316518892 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 337 str.

Richard M. Conway

Opis

Thanks to creative uses of the environment, Xochimilco's residents preserved their culture and society in the face of colonial disruption.

Recenzje

'An original study combining environmental history and ethnohistory, Islands in the Lake is a major contribution to colonial Mexican history.' Susan Kellogg, Hispanic American Historical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Ecological and Political Landscapes; 2. Land; 3. Canoes and Commerce; 4. Demography and Society; 5. Crisis in the Seventeenth Century; 6. Late-Colonial Watersheds; 7. Nahuatl Sources from Xochimilco; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.