Translated into English, these texts were written from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries by Nahuas from central Mexico, Mixtecs from Oaxaca, Maya from Yucatan, and other groups from Mexico and Guatemala.
It is the first to present the translated Writings of so many Native groups and to address such a variety of topics, including conquest, government, land, household, society, gender, religion, writing, law, crime, and morality..
This collection provides college teachers and students access to important new sources for the history of Latin America and Native Americans.
Translated into English, these texts were written from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries by Nahuas from central Mexico, Mixtecs from Oaxaca, Maya from Yucatan, and other groups from Mexico and Guatemala