City of sacrifice : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization / Davíd Carrasco.
Author
- Carrasco, David 1944-
Published
- Boston : Beacon Press [1999]
Physical description
279 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN
- 9780807046432
- 9780807046425
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-271) and index.
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Genre
- Bibliography
- Illustrated
- text
Language
- English
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City of sacrifice : the Aztec empire and the role of violence in civilization / David Carrasco.
Author
Published
- Boston : Beacon Press 1999
Physical description
1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN
- 9780807046524
- 9780807046425
- 9780807046432
Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-271) and index.
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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- Online version:: Carrasco, David. City of sacrifice. Boston : Beacon Press, ©1999.
- Original: ; ISBN: 0807046426 ; ISBN: 9780807046425 ; ISBN: 9780807046432 ; ISBN: 0807046434
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- Bibliography
- Illustrated
- text
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- English
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