Indigenous Life After the Conquest: The de la Cruz Family Papers of Colonial Mexico

by Camilla Townsend and Caterina Pizzigoni

This book presents a unique set of written records belonging to the De la Cruz family, caciques of Tepemaxalco in the Toluca Valley. Composed in Nahuatl and Spanish and available here both in the original languages and in English translation, this collection of documents opens a window onto the life of a family from colonial Mexico's indigenous elite and sheds light on the broader indigenous world within the Spanish colonial system.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271088133
• ISBN13: 9780271088136
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 3.5" x 10.0"