Susan Kellogg is Professor Emerita at the University of Houston. An expert on Aztec history and culture, she is the author of Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700 (2005) and Weaving the Past: A History of Latin America's Indigenous Women from the Prehispanic Period to the Present (2005). In 2022, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Ethnohistory.

'In this indispensable guide to the Aztec world, Kellogg skillfully weaves deep context and essential information with humane understanding and rich detail. Not only an essential book for students, but also a readable introduction for anyone interested in this remarkable civilization.' Caroline Dodds Pennock, author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered the World

• 1. Introduction; 2. Living in the Aztecs' cosmos; 3. Communities, kingdoms, 'empires'; 4. Creating value: producing, exchanging, consuming; 5. Sex and the altepetl: gender, sexuality, and Aztec family values; 6. Resilience: Part I: Aztec intellectual life; 7. Resilience: Part II: trauma, transformation, tenacity.

Susan Kellogg is Professor Emerita at the University of Houston. An expert on Aztec history and culture, she is the author of Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700 (2005) and Weaving the Past: A History of Latin America's Indigenous Women from the Prehispanic Period to the Present (2005). In 2022, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Ethnohistory.

'In this indispensable guide to the Aztec world, Kellogg skillfully weaves deep context and essential information with humane understanding and rich detail. Not only an essential book for students, but also a readable introduction for anyone interested in this remarkable civilization.' Caroline Dodds Pennock, author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered the World

• 1. Introduction; 2. Living in the Aztecs' cosmos; 3. Communities, kingdoms, 'empires'; 4. Creating value: producing, exchanging, consuming; 5. Sex and the altepetl: gender, sexuality, and Aztec family values; 6. Resilience: Part I: Aztec intellectual life; 7. Resilience: Part II: trauma, transformation, tenacity.