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25 produkter
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures
The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America, 2 volumes
Inbunden, 2001
7685 kr
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This unique reference source is the definitive guide to the civilizations of ancient Mexico and Central America. Exploring 700 years of history - before, during, and after the European conquest - the Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures is a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible …
The Aztecs
A Very Short Introduction
Häftad, 2012
116 kr
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This Very Short Introduction employs the disciplines of history, religious studies, and anthropology as it illuminates the complexities of Aztec life. Readers meet a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry, and philosophy, who were also profoundly committed to cosmic …
Aztecs
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2011
95 kr
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This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a …
Aztecs
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2011
95 kr
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This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a …
Daily Life of the Aztecs
Av Davíd Carrasco, Scott Sessions
Inbunden, 2011
807 kr
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Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as …
Daily Life of the Aztecs
Av Davíd Carrasco, Scott Sessions
E-bok, 2011, 12-15 år
369 kr
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Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions. Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as …
Practice of Wisdom
Five Quests
Av Davíd Carrasco, Arthur Kleinman m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
285 kr
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A master class from four renowned Harvard professors—an anthropologist, a physician, a theologian, and a historian—on discovering wisdom in challenging times.In moments of uncertainty, to whom do we turn for solace and insight? How can we endure and overcome our own suffering? Harvard University …
City of Sacrifice
The Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization
Häftad, 2000
379 kr
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Goodness and the Literary Imagination
Harvard's 95th Ingersoll Lecture with Essays on Morrison's Moral and Religious Vision
Av Toni Morrison, David Carrasco m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
426 kr
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What exactly is goodness? Where is it found in the literary imagination? Toni Morrison, one of American letters’ greatest voices, pondered these perplexing questions in her celebrated Ingersoll Lecture, delivered at Harvard University in 2012 and published now for the first time.Perhaps because it …
Goodness and the Literary Imagination
Harvard''s 95th Ingersoll Lecture with Essays on Morrison''s Moral and Religious Vision
Av Toni Morrison, Mara Willard m. fl.
E-bok, 2019
541 kr
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What exactly is goodness? Where is it found in the literary imagination? Toni Morrison, one of American letters’ greatest voices, pondered these perplexing questions in her celebrated Ingersoll Lecture, delivered at Harvard University in 2012 and published now for the first time in book form. …
Breaking Through Mexico's Past
Digging the Aztecs with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
Av Davíd Carrasco, Leonardo Lόpez Lujána m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
423 kr
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This biography of Mexico's award-winning archaeologist, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, is based on a series of interviews conducted by David Carrasco and Leonardo Lopez Lujan, respected Mesoamericanists in their own right. Born in 1940 Mexico City, Matos Moctezuma's father was a diplomat from the …
Breaking Through Mexico's Past
Digging the Aztecs with Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
Av Davíd Carrasco, Leonardo Luján m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
331 kr
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The life of celebrated Mexican archaeologist Moctezuma tells of a man rising to the challenges of life and a man who has eloquently spoken to the the importance of understanding the roots of civilization. This biography of Mexico's award-winning archaeologist, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma, is based on a …
Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest
An Interpretive Journey Through the Mapa De Cuauhtinchan No. 2
Av Davíd Carrasco, Scott Sessions
Inbunden, 2007
1585 kr
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Cave, City, and Eagle's Nest is the culmination of an international research project and series of conferences, organized by the Moses Mesoamerican Archive, focused on the sixteenth-century pictorial manuscript known as the ""Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2"". Painted on bark paper and measuring 109 X …
History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo
Häftad, 2009
339 kr
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The History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo, a new abridgement of Diaz del Castillo's classic ""Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva Espana"", offers a unique contribution to our understanding of the political and religious forces that drove the great cultural …
History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
E-bok, 2009
428 kr
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The History of the Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo , a new abridgement of Diaz del Castillo''s classic Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva España , offers a unique contribution to our understanding of the political and religious forces that drove the great cultural …
Yoruba Traditions and African American Religious Nationalism
Av Tracey E. Hucks, Davìd Carrasco m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
693 kr
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Exploring the Yoruba tradition in the United States, Hucks begins with the story of Nana Oseijeman Adefunmi's personal search for identity and meaning as a young man in Detroit in the 1930s and 1940s. She traces his development as an artist, religious leader, and founder of several …
With This Root About My Person
Charles H. Long and New Directions in the Study of Religion
Av Jennifer Reid, Davíd Carrasco
Inbunden, 2020
1230 kr
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Charles H. Long's groundbreaking works on Africana religious studies serve as the backdrop to With This Root about My Person. The volume features twenty-six essays by a diverse group of students and scholars of Long. Revitalizing an interpretive framework rooted in the Chicago tradition, the essays …
Imagination of Matter
Religion and Ecology in Mesoamerican Traditions
Häftad, 1989
386 kr
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Waiting for the Dawn
Mircea Eliade in Perspective
Av D Carrasco, Davíd Carrasco m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
378 kr
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First published in 1991, Waiting for the Dawn is the result of a year-long interdisciplinary study of Mircea Eliade’s scholarly, literary, and autobiographical works which took place at the University of Colorado in 1982. With a preface by Davíd Carrasco that takes into account recent developments …
Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire
Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition
Häftad, 2001
405 kr
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"Like J. Eric Thompson, Carrasco has applied an informed imagination to identify some of the ways that ideas could lie behind material form."- American Anthropologist"A must for both professional and serious non-professional students in Mesoamerica. Those who are interested in complex society and …
Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage
From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs
Av Davíd Carrasco, Lindsay Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
556 kr
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For more than a millennium the great Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan (c. 150 B.C.E. - 750 C.E.) has been imagined and reimagined by a host of subsequent cultures, including our own. Mesoamerica's Classic Heritage engages the subject of the unity and diversity of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica by …
Daily Life of the Aztecs
Av Davíd Carrasco, Scott Sessions
E-bok, 2011
361 kr
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Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions. Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as …
Daily Life of the Aztecs
Av Davíd Carrasco, Scott Sessions
Häftad, 2024
342 kr
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Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as …
Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes
Häftad, 1999
425 kr
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A result of four years of cooperative research between the University of Colorado and the Templo Mayor Project of Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History, Aztec Ceremonial Landscapes (formerly available as To Change Place) offers new interpretive models from the fields of …
Moctezuma's Mexico
Visions of the Aztec World
Av David Carrasco, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
Häftad, 2003
412 kr
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Updated with a new chapter by David Carrasco describing how the Aztec world has been re-imagined by modern Mexican American communities and Chicano scholars, 'Moctezuma's Mexico' is a lavishly illustrated volume that provides an in-depth historical profile of the Aztec empire on the eve of its …
