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COnTenTs new and Forthcoming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Best sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Featured Backlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 For more than eighty years, the University of Oklahoma Press has published award-winning books about Latin America and we are proud to bring to you our latest catalog. The catalog features the newest titles from the University of Oklahoma Press as well as books distributed for the Denver Art Museum and the Gilcrease Museum. For a complete list of titles available from OU Press, please visit our website at oupress.com. We hope you enjoy this catalog and appreciate your continued support of the University of Oklahoma Press.
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On the cover: Pendant-mask associated to the rituals of Aztec god XipeTotec, Mexico Valley. Photograph by Marie-Lan nguyen.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a grant to the University of Oklahoma Press, the University Press of Florida, and the University of Texas Press. This grant was made to encourage publication and digital scholarship for first-time authors working in Latin American and Caribbean arts and culture. This initiative will provide opportunities for a new generation of young scholars whose works meet high academic standards but might have been deemed too expensive for publication. This collaboration will utilize the existing strengths and capacity of each of these publishers to solicit, publish, and market twenty-seven books. If you have a manuscript or a publication proposal and are a first-time author with an interest in publishing your Latin American studies book with the University of Oklahoma Press, please contact Alessandra Jacobi Tamulevich at jacobi@ou.edu.
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mesoamerican memory
enduring systems of remembrance edited by Amos Megged and stephanie Wood $55.00s cloth 978-0-8061-4235-7 328 pages Available october 2012 both before and after the spanish conquest, indigenous scribes recorded their communities histories and belief systems, as well as the events of the conquest and its effects and aftermath. Today, the descendants of those native historians still remember their ancestors stories. Amos megged and stephanie Wood have gathered the latest scholarship to compare these various memories and explore how they were preserved and altered over time.
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At the crossroads
The Arts of spanish America and early global Trade, 14921850 edited by Donna Pierce and Ronald Otsuka $39.95s cloth 978-0-914738-80-0 176 pages Available November 2012 The Denver Art museum held a symposium in 2010, co-hosted by the Frederick and Jan mayer center for pre-columbian and spanish colonial Art and by the Asian Art Department William sharpless Jackson Jr. endowment, to examine the impact of early modern globalization on the arts of spanish America. This volume presents revised and expanded versions of papers presented at the symposium.
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Indian conquistadors
Indigenous Allies in the conquest of mesoamerica edited by Laura e. Matthew and Michel R. Oudijk $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-4325-5 368 pages Available october 2012 The conquest of the New World would hardly have been possible if the invading spaniards had not allied themselves with the indigenous population. Indian Conquistadors examines the role of native peoples as active agents in the conquest and the overwhelming importance of native allies in both conquest and colonial control.
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Transcending conquest
Nahua Views of spanish colonial mexico By stephanie Wood $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-4303-3 228 pages Available June 2012 In Transcending Conquest, stephanie Wood uses Nahuatl writings and illustrations to reveal Nahua perspectives on spanish colonial occupations of the Western Hemisphere. Drawing on mesoamerican peoples strong tradition of pictorial record keeping, Wood examines multiple examples of pictorial imagery to explore how native manuscripts depicted the european invader and colonizer.
bernardino de sahagn
First Anthropologist By Miguel Len-Portilla Translated by mauricio J. mixco $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-4271-5 340 pages sent from spain on a religious crusade to mexico to detect the sickness of idolatry, bernardino de sahagn (c. 14991590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. This biography presents the life story of a fascinating man who came to mexico intent on changing the traditions and cultures, but instead ended up working to preserve them.
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Aztecs on stage
religious Theater in colonial mexico edited and translated by Louise M. Burkhart Translated by Barry D. sell and stafford Poole $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-4209-8 244 pages Nahuatl drama, one of the most surprising results of the catholic presence in colonial mexico, merges medieval european religious theater with the language and performance traditions of the Aztec (Nahua) people of central mexico. Aztecs on Stage presents accessible english translations of six of these seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Nahuatl plays. louise m. burkharts engaging introduction places the plays in historical context.
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maraj
Ancient ceramics from the mouth of the Amazon By Margaret Young-snchez and Denise P. schaan $25.00s paper 978-0-914738-73-2 88 pages The Amazon basin is now recognized as a cradle of cultural and technological innovation in the ancient Americas. lavishly illustrated, this volume presents ceramics from the Denver Art museum, barbier-mueller museums of geneva and barcelona, university of pennsylvania museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, American museum of Natural History, and private collections.
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gold of Ancient panama Contributions by Richard G. Cooke. nicholas J. saunders, John W. Hoopes, and Jeffrey Quilter $39.95s cloth 978-0-9819799-0-8 400 pages $24.95s paper 978-0-9819799-1-5 400 pages more than a beautifully illustrated exhibit catalogue, this volume includes essays by leading scholars who use the gilcrease collection to discuss the rise of metallurgy in the Western Hemisphere, the symbolic significance of gold in gran cocl culture, and the influence of pre-columbian gold on world economies.
Juan de ovando
governing the spanish empire in the reign of philip II By stafford Poole $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-4238-8 304 pages philip II is a fascinating and enigmatic figure in spanish history, but it was his letradosprofessional bureaucrats and ministers trained in lawwho made his vast castilian empire possible. Juan de pooles biography of Juan de ovando provides an intimate view of the day-to-day influence letrados wielded over the spanish colonial machine.
After moctezuma
Indigenous politics and self-government in mexico city, 1524-1730 By William F. Connell $45.00s cloth 978-0-8061-4175-6 352 pages The spanish invasion of mexico in 1519 left the capital city, Tenochtitlan, in ruins. conquistador Hernn corts, following the citys surrender in 1521, established a governing body to organize its reconstruction. After Moctezuma: Indigenous Politics and Self-Government in Mexico City, 15241730 reveals how native self-government in former Tenochtitlan evolved over time as the city and its population changed.
Ancient costa rican Treasures in the mayer collection at the Denver Art museum By Margaret Young-snchez $49.95s cloth 978-0-914738-68-8 192 pages The Denver Art museums collection of ancient costa rican art is one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world. Nature and Spirit reveals to the modern world the richness and sophistication of indigenous thought and the incredible beauty of native art in the Americas.
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popol Vuh
The sacred book of the maya Translation by Allen J. Christenson $19.95s paper 978-0-8061-3839-8 327 pages The popol Vuh is the most important example of maya literature to have survived the spanish conquest. It is also one of the worlds great creation accounts, comparable to the beauty and power of genesis. based on ten years of research by a leading scholar of maya literature, this translation with extensive notes is uniquely faithful to the original language. retaining the poetic style of the original text, the translation is also remarkably accessible to english readers.
Aztec Art
By esther Pasztory $36.95 paper 978-0-8061-2536-7 512 pages This is the first comprehensive book on Aztec art: eleven chapters illustrated with seventy-five superb color plates and hundreds of photographs, supplemented by maps and diagrams. Temple architecture, majestic stone sculpture carved without metal tools, featherwork and turquoise mosaic, painted books, and sculptures in terra cotta and rare stones - all are here.
Hernando de soto
A savage Quest in the Americas By David e. Duncan $29.95 paper 978-0-8061-2977-8 608 pages This is the story of a legendary expedition across four thousand miles of the future united states, led by an explorer searching for an illusionary empire of gold. Formerly the second-in-command in Francisco pizarros conquest of the Incas in 1531, Hernando de soto arrived in the country he called la Florida in 1539, leading a glittering, armored renaissance-era army of six hundred men on the first major exploration of North America.
mexico
A History By Robert Ryal Miller $26.95 paper 978-0-8061-2178-9 428 pages This well-written, tastefully illustrated history of mexico surveys the social, cultural and political climate of the ancient Indian civilizations, the colonial period, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century mexico. Current History
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Alphabet of the World
selected Works by eugenio montejo edited by Kirk nesset Introduction by Wilfredo Hernndez $19.95s paper 978-0-8061-4148-0 256 pages eugenio montejo was one of the most significant latin American poets and essayists of the past half century. All of the selections are presented here in the original spanish, with translations in english by prize-winning writer and poet, kirk Nesset.
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colonial cholti
The seventeenth-century morn manuscript By John s. Robertson, Danny Law, and Robbie A. Haertel $65.00s cloth 978-0-8061-4118-3 384 pages At the time of the spanish conquest, cholti was spoken throughout much of the southern maya lowlands. This book presents for the first time a facsimile, transcription, english and spanish translation, and grammatical analysis of the morn manuscript, a colonial-era document that provides the sole attestation of cholti.
bonfires of culture
Franciscans, Indigenous leaders, and the Inquisition in early mexico, 15241540 By Patricia L. Don $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-4049-0 280 pages In their efforts to convert indigenous peoples, Franciscan friars brought the spanish Inquisition to early-sixteenth-century mexico. patricia lopes Don now investigates these trials to offer an inside look at this brief but consequential episode of spanish methods of colonization, providing a fresh interpretation of an early period that has remained too long understudied.
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Trans-pacific Artistic and cultural exchange, 1500-1850 By Ronald Otsuka edited by Donna Pierce $39.95s paper 978-0-8061-9973-3 208 pages The Denver Art museum held a symposium in 2006 to examine a little-known aspect of globalization in the early modern era. edited by Denver Art museum curators Donna pierce and ronald otsuka, this volume presents revised and expanded versions of the papers presented at the symposium.
Nahuatl Theatre
Volume 1: Death and life in colonial Nahua mexico This first volume presents new transcriptions and translations of seven Nahuatl-language plays enacting Native interpretations of biblical and moralistic themes, with four accompanying analytical essays. Volume 2: our lady of guadalupe The only known colonial Nahuatl-language dramas based on the Virgin of guadalupe story: the Dialogue of the Apparition of the Virgin Saint Mary of Guadalupe and The Mexican Portent. Volume 3: spanish golden-Age Drama in mexican Translation presented for the first time in english are the complete dramatic works of Don bartolom de Alvathe only known plays from spains golden Age adapted for an Aztec audience. Volume 4: Nahua christianity in performance The editors provide new insights into Nahua conceptions of christianity and of society, gender, and morality in the late colonial period. The book includes precise transcriptions and first-time english translations.
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Tiwanaku
papers from the 2005 mayer center symposium at the Denver Art museum By Margaret Young-snchez $45.00s paper 978-0-8061-9972-6 264 pages In 2005, the Denver Art museum hosted a symposium in conjunction with the exhibition Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca. bringing together current research on pucara, Tiwanaku, Wari, and Inca art and archaeology, this volume will be an important resource for scholars and enthusiasts of ancient south America.
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popol Vuh
literal poetic Version Translation and Transcription by Allen J. christenson $37.50s paper 978-0-8061-3841-1 320 pages This second volume provides a literal, line-by-line english translation of the Popol Vuh, capturing the beauty, subtlety, and high poetic language characteristic of kiche-maya sacred writings. by arranging the work according to its poetic structure, christenson preserves the poems original phraseology and grammar, allowing subtle nuances of meaning to emerge.
popol Vuh
The sacred book of the Ancient Quich maya By Adrin Recinos $21.95 paper 978-0-8061-2266-3 288 pages popol Vuh, meaning book of community, is a mixed record of the cosmic beliefs, folklore, semi-historical migrations and genealogies of the Quich Indians, one of the maya tribes that lives in the highlands of guatemala.... The book is well worth reading.New York Herald Tribune
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prehistoric mesoamerica
Third edition By Richard e. W. Adams $32.95s paper 978-0-8061-3702-5 544 pages An up-to-date overview of mesoamerican cultures from early prehistoric times through the fall of the Aztec empire, Prehistoric Mesoamerica, Third Edition will be useful and appealing to readers interested in mesoamerican art, society, politics, and intellectual achievement.
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Tlacuilolli
style and contents of the mexican pictorial manuscripts with a catalog of the borgia group by karl Anton Nowotny Translated by george A. everett and edward b. sisson $75.00s cloth 978-0-8061-3653-0 384 pages Appearing for the first time in english, karl Anton Nowotnys Tlacuilolli is a classic work of mesoamerican scholarship. A concise analysis of the precolumbian borgia group of manuscripts, it is the only synthetic interpretation of divinatory and ritual codices from mexico.
Tatiana proskouriakoff
Interpreting the Ancient maya By Char solomon $34.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3445-1 240 pages born in siberia during a turbulent period in russian history, Tatiana proskouriakoff came to America during World War I. proskouriakoff excelled in art and completed a degree in architecture. she entered the field of mesoamerican archaeology in the mid-1930s as a draftsperson and artist for a university of pennsylvania archaeological project in the petn rainforest of guatemala. by the end of her life, she had become one of the premier scholars of mayan civilization.
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maya Wars
ethnographic Accounts from Nineteenth-century Yucatan By Terry Rugeley $24.95s cloth 978-0-8061-3355-3 224 pages Maya Wars is the first collection of documents devoted entirely to the nineteenth-century Yucatec mayas. This compilation includes writings by priests, missionaries, Hispanic officials and military officers, foreign travelers and explorers, and the mayas themselves.
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cesar chavez
A Triumph of spirit By Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia $19.95 paper 978-0-8061-2957-0 224 pages When farm worker and labor organizer csar chvez burst upon Americas national scene in 1965, u.s. readers and viewers were witnessing the emergence of a new mexican American, or chicano, movement. This biography of chvez by richard griswold del castillo and richard A. garcia is the first to approach chvezs lifehis courageous acts, his turning points, his many perceived personasin the context of chicano and American history.
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primeros memoriales
Facsimile edition By Fray Bernardino de sahagun $185.00s cloth 978-0-8061-1688-4 182 pages This is a full-color facsimile edition of Primeros Memoriales by Fray bernardino de sahagn and is a valuable document providing great understanding and knowledge of provincial mesoamerican civilization.
primeros memoriales
paleography of Nahuatl Text and english Translation By Fray Bernardino de sahagun $85.00s cloth 978-0-8061-2909-9 352 pages Primeros Memoriales is here published for the first time in its entirety both in the original Nahuatl and in english translation. The volume follows the manuscript order reconstructed for the Primeros Memoriales by Francisco del paso y Troncoso in his 1905-1907 facsimile edition of the collection of sahaguntine manuscripts he called Codices Matritenses.
Teotihuacan
An experiment in living By esther Pasztory $49.95s cloth 978-0-8061-2847-4 304 pages This book is the first comprehensive study and reinterpretation of the unique arts of Teotihuacan, including architecture, sculpture, mural painting, and ceramics. comparing the arts of Teotihuacan - not previously judged artisticwith those of other ancient civilizations, ester pasztory demonstrates how they created and reflected the communitys ideals.
los paisanos
spanish settlers on the Northern Frontier of New spain By Oakah L. Jones Jr. $29.95s paper 978-0-8061-2885-6 368 pages little has been written about the colonists sent by spanish authorities to settle the northern frontier of New spain, to stake spains claim and serve as a buffer against encroaching French explorers. los paisanos, they were calledsimple country people who lived by their own labor, isolated, threatened by hostile Indians, and restricted by law from seeking opportunity elsewhere. They built their homes, worked their fields, and became permanent residents.
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Aztec Warfare
Imperial expansion and political control By Ross Hassig $26.95s paper 978-0-8061-2773-6 424 pages In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, ross Hassig focuses on political and economic factors. because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan.
caudillos
Dictators in spanish America By Hugh M. Hamill $24.95s paper 978-0-8061-2428-5 384 pages In this major revision of the borzoi book Dictatorship in spanish America, editor Hugh Hamill has presented conflicting interpretations of caudillismo in twenty-seven essays written by an international group of historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, journalists, and caudillos themselves.
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Women in prehistory
By Margaret ehrenberg $19.95s paper 978-0-8061-2237-3 208 pages social attitudes in our culture have led to the assumption that early advances in human knowledge were the achievements of men; the role of women in prehistoric times has been largely overlooked. In this thought-provoking book, however, margaret ehrenberg argues that the true contribution of women especially in the discovery and development of agriculture was much greater than has been acknowledged to date.
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