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    Rethinking the Aztec economy / edited by Deborah L. Nichols, Frances F. Berdan, and Michael E. Smith.

    • Title:Rethinking the Aztec economy / edited by Deborah L. Nichols, Frances F. Berdan, and Michael E. Smith.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Nichols, Deborah L., editor.
      Berdan, Frances F., editor.
      Smith, Michael Ernest, 1953- editor.
    • Published/Created:Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2017.
      ©2017
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Aztecs--Economic conditions.
      Aztecs--Commerce.
      Indians of Mexico--Commerce--History.
    • Description:vi, 310 pages ; 24 cm
    • Series:Amerind studies in anthropology.
    • Summary:"Rethinking the Aztec Economy provides new perspectives on the society and economy of the ancient Aztecs by focusing on goods and their patterns of circulation"--Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9780816535514 hardcover ; alkaline paper
      0816535515 hardcover ; alkaline paper
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I Economy and Commerce
      1. Farm to Market in the Aztec Imperial Economy / Deborah L. Nichols
      2. Cities in the Aztec Empire: Commerce, Imperialism, and Urbanization / Michael E. Smith
      3. Sixteenth-Century Merchant Community of Santa Maria Acxotla, Puebla / Colin Hirth
      pt. II Economics of Ritual and Social Objects
      4. Behavioral Economics of Contemporary Nahua Religion and Ritual / Pamela Effrein Sandstrom
      5. Economics of Mexica Religious Performance / Frances F. Berdan
      6. Precious Feathers and Fancy Fifteenth-Century Feathered Shields / Maria Olvido Moreno Guzman
      7. Conflicting Economic and Sacred Values in Aztec Society / Emily Umberger
      pt. III Economy at the Aztec Periphery
      8. Cacao and Commerce in Late Postclassic Xoconochco / Janine Gasco
      9. Aztec Imperialism and Gulf Ceramic Emulation: Comparison with Teotihuacan / Barbara L. Stark
      10. Wrapping Up Objects, Economy, and Empire: Scale, Integration, and Change / Deborah L. Nichols.
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