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City of sacrifice : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization / Davíd Carrasco.

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  • Boston : Beacon Press c1999
Physical description
1 online resource (279 p. ) ill. ;
ISBN
  • 0-8070-4652-3
Notes
  • Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-271) and index.
  • English
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
  • Introduction. Performing the city of sacrifice -- 1. City as symbol in Aztec thought : some clues from the Codex Mendoza -- 2. Templo Mayor : the Aztec vision of place -- 3. The new fire ceremony and the binding of the years : Tenochtitlan's fearful symmetry -- 4. The sacrifice of Tezcatlipoca : to change place -- 5. Give me some skin : the charisma of the Aztec warrior -- 6. Cosmic jaws : we eat the Gods and the Gods eat us -- 7. The sacrifice of women : the hearts of plants and makers of war games -- 8. When warriors became walls, when the mountain of water crumbled.
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  • Other format: ; ISBN: 0-8070-4642-6
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  • Bibliography
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  • English
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University of Birmingham Libraries: Main Library, Collection F1219.3.R38
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University of Bristol Libraries: Arts & Social Sciences Library F1219.3.R38 CAR 7 day loan: vacation loan
British Museum Library: British Museum Library: Shelves KUD [CAR-]
University of Cambridge Libraries: University Library: North Wing, Ground Floor 670:14.c.95.258
Durham University Library: Bill Bryson Library, Level 1 972.014 CAR
University of East Anglia Library: Sainsbury Research Unit Library. SRU Shelves - Reference NKP 2279 CAR
University of Essex Library: Albert Sloman Library, Colchester campus F 1219.3.R38C2
University of Liverpool Library Online location EBSCOhost Ebooks
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University of Liverpool Library Online location
University of Liverpool Library: Sydney Jones Library, Grove Wing, Ground Floor F1219.3.R38.C31
The London Library: History H. Mexico
London Metropolitan University Library: Aldgate Library 299.78452 CAR
University of Nottingham Libraries: Hallward Library
University of Oxford Libraries: Bodleian Library: Upper Camera Gallery Open Shelves S.HIST.2.20.4
University of Oxford Libraries: Continuing Education Library 972.018 CAR
University of Oxford Libraries: Bodleian History Faculty Library: Upper Gladstone Link F1219.3.R38 CAR 1999
University of Oxford Libraries: Pembroke College Library B 14 CAR
Senate House Library, University of London Publisher description Online location
Senate House Library, University of London: Senate House Library LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 6th Floor F1219.3.R38 .C28 1999
University of Wales Trinity Saint David: Lampeter Campus Library: Main Collection 299.78452 CAR
UCL Library Services: UCL Institute of Archaeology Library INST ARCH DFA 200 CAR
University of Warwick Library Online location Connect to EBSCO e-book
University of York Libraries: University Library: Morrell - Ordinary Q 72.014 CAR

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