{"product_id":"cultural-politics-in-colonial-tehuantepec-9780804733885","title":"Cultural Politics in Colonial Tehuantepec","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a historical and archaeological examination of the prehispanic Isthmus Zapotec state, and the responses that its descendant populations made to the complex political, economic, and cultural changes introduced by Spanish colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...an insightful and deeply researched work.\" -- \u003ci\u003eItinerario\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCultural Politics in Colonial Tehuantepec\u003c\/i\u003e represents a welcome addition to the regional ethnohistories that constitute an important genre in the history of early Mexico... The book is striking in detailing each historical period through as many types of sources as possible—archaeological remains, pictorial and alphabetic texts, linguistic data, and oral traditions—rather than, for example, using only archaeological data to describe the pre-Hispanic period, as one might expect. Zeitlin moves seamlessly among various disciplinary approaches, theoretical orientations, and source materials, with apparent ease and considerable elegance.\" -- \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is rewarding in a number of ways. Zeitlin's careful and subtle historical reconstructions avoid undue speculation. The elegant writing style invites careful attention. Theoretical digressions and comparative comments are adroitly woven within the text so as not to disrupt the narrative.\" -- \u003ci\u003eColonial Latin American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[This] important contribution to the study of pre-Columbian and colonial Mexico advances our understanding of the remarkable historical fluidity and resilience of Isthmus Zapotec culture and identity.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Americas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a first-rate study which merits attention from anyone interested in how colonialism shapes, and is shaped by, indigenous peoples under its rule.\" -- \u003ci\u003eH-Net Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  \tPreface  1\tTales of the \"binni gulasa\": Native History and the Zapotec Conquest of   Tehuantepec\t000  2\tKing and Community in Prehispanic Tehuantepec\t000  3\tThe Social Fabric Is Torn: Political and Religious Change, 1521-1562\t000  4\tThe Colonial Political Economy Takes Root: Archaeological and Documentary   Evidence, 1563-1660\t000  5\tConfronting Colonial Authority in 1660\t000  6\tCommunity Opposition in Late Colonial Times\t000  7\tHistorical Memory and Political Authority\t000  8\tIsthmus Zapotec Politics and the Trajectory of Colonial Change\t000  \tNotes\t000  \tBibliography \t000  \tIndex\t000","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405530931543,"sku":"9780804733885","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804733885.jpg?v=1730492747","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cultural-politics-in-colonial-tehuantepec-9780804733885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}