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George C. Vaillant; rev. Suzannah B. Vaillant.
Aztecs of Mexico: Origin, Rise, and Fall of the Aztec Nation, second edition.
Published Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1965 (original edition was 1944).
Series: Pelican Books.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Bungay.
Size: 110x179x22mm.
Page count: 363pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: spine creased; covers and page edges grubby and rather foxed and yellowed; the binding starting to split here and there, though no pages are detached; a rubber stamp on the hal-title page, otherwise the text appears to be free of marking.

This item £2.00
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Weight without packaging: 320g.

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Contents: Historical & cultural background of Aztec civilization; Pre-classic cultures; Teotihuacan & the classic period; Toltecs of Tula — 1st Nahuatl empire; Toltec-Chichimec period; Aztec period; The man & the society; Economy; Craftsmanship; Fine arts; Religion; Ritual; Foreign affairs & war; Glimpse of Tenochtitlan; Death-throes of the Aztec nation; Aztecs after their conquest.

Notes: at end of book
Tables: 14
Illustrations: 51 text figures, plus 64 pages of plates, all monochrome
Maps & plans: 2
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 42pp
Index: yes

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