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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462491603321

Autore

Pizzigoni Caterina

Titolo

The life within [[electronic resource] ] : local indigenous society in Mexico's Toluca Valley, 1650-1800 / / Caterina Pizzigoni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8047-8499-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Disciplina

972/.53

Soggetti

Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Toluca Valley - Social life and customs - 17th century

Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Toluca Valley - Social life and customs - 18th century

Ethnohistory - Mexico - Toluca Valley

Electronic books.

Toluca Valley (Mexico) Social life and customs 17th century

Toluca Valley (Mexico) Social life and customs 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

House, lot, and saints -- Distant land -- The people -- Identities -- Interactions -- Activities -- Religion and the community -- Local officials in context.

Sommario/riassunto

The Life Within provides a social and cultural history of the indigenous people of a region of central Mexico in the later colonial period-as told through documents in Nahuatl and Spanish. It views the indigenous world from the inside out, focusing first on the household-buildings, lots, household saints-and expanding outward toward the householders and the greater community. The internal focus of this book provides a comprehensive picture of indigenous society, exploring the categories by which people are identified, their interactions, their activities, and the aspects of the loc