| Description |
xvi, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Mesoamerican worlds : from the Olmecs to the Danzantes |
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Mesoamerican worlds.
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| Contents |
Historical background: Indian access to colonial justice in the sixteenth century -- Indigenous negotiation to preserve land, history, titles, and maps: seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Indigenous negotiation to preserve land, history, titles, and maps: nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Defending land: Indian pueblo's contemporary quest for the origins of local community history. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language |
Translated from the Spanish. |
| Summary |
Presenting an account of indigenous history in central and southern Mexico from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, this title destroys the notion that Indians were victims of forces beyond their control and have little connection with their ancient past. |
| Subject |
Indians of Mexico -- Land tenure -- History.
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Indians of Mexico -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History.
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Indians of Mexico -- Claims.
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Indians of Mexico -- Ethnic identity.
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Mexico -- History.
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Ethnohistory -- Mexico.
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| ISBN |
9781607321330 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1607321335 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781607320166 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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1607320169 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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