The Nahua Indians of central Mexico (often misleadingly called
Aztecs after the quite ephemeral confederation that existed among
them in late pre-Hispanic times) were the most populus of
Mesoamerica's cultural-linguistic groups at the time of the Spanish
conquest. They remained at the center of developments for centuries
thereafter, since the bulk of the Hispanic population settled among
them and they bore the brunt of cultural contact. This collection
of thirteen essays (five of them previously unpublished) by the
leading authority on the postconquest Nahuas and Nahua-Spanish
interaction brings together pieces that reflect various facets of
the author's research interests. Underlying most of the pieces is
the author's pioneering large-scale use of Nahua manuscripts to
illuminate the society and culture of native Mexicans in the
Spanish colonial period. The picture of the Nahuas that emerges
shows them far less at odds with the colonial world form it what is
useful to them, and far more capable to maintaining their own
pre-conquest identity, than has previously been suggested.
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