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Mesoamerica

Series The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples
of The Americas, Volume 2, Part 2

Edited by Richard E.
W. Adams and Murdo J.
MacLeod

Publication Date 2000

Hardback ISBN-10 0521652057

Hardback ISBN-10 0521652049

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521652049

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1017/CHOL9780521652049

Overview

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II:
Mesoamerica (Part Two), gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all
the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with
archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and
continuing to the present. Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is
divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and
after their first contact with the Europeans. The various chapters balance
theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary
development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and
the Tarascan. The chapters covering the prehistory of Mesoamerica offer
explanations for the rise and fall of the Classic Maya, the Olmec, and the
Aztec, giving multiple interpretations of debated topics, such as the nature of
Olmec culture. Through specific discussions of the native peoples of the
different regions of Mexico, the chapters on the period since the arrival of the
Europeans address the themes of contact, exchange, transfer, survivals,
continuities, resistance, and the emergence of modern nationalism and the
nation-state.

For more details of the print
book, and how to buy it online, please see Mesoamerica in the Cambridge
University Press online catalogue.

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The
Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of The Americas Vol. 2, part 2:
Mesoamerica

Frontmatter

Mesoamerica
Since the Spanish Invasion: an Overview by Murdo J.
Macleod

Legacies
of Resistance, Adaptation, and Tenacity: History of the Native Peoples of
Northwest Mexico by Susan M.
Deeds

The
Native Peoples of Northeastern Mexico by David
Frye

The
Indigenous Peoples of Western Mexico from the Spanish Invasion to the
Present by Eric Van
Young

Native
Peoples of Colonial Central Mexico by Sarah L.
Cline

Native
Peoples of Central Mexico Since Independence by Frans J.
Schryer

Native
Peoples of the Gulf Coast from the Colonial Period to The Present
by Susan
Deans-Smith

The
Indigenous Population of Oaxaca from the Sixteenth Century to the Present
by María
de Los Angeles Romero Frizzi

The
Lowland Mayas, from the Conquest to the Present by Grant D.
Jones

The
Highland Maya by W. George
Lovell

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