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Title: The Aztecs by Richard F. Townsend ISBN: 0-500-28132-7 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: another aztec book written by some american author
Comment: This book deserves no stars but I had to put one so that my review could go through.just by looking at the authors name and reading some of the reviews, I realized it's just another bored american author who tries to write about a culture that is nothing similar to american culture so they confuse the both. So everybody who reads this book thinks that the aztecs were so religious and superficial, who sacrificed people so that the sun god will rise. As a mexican myself it's just all wrong. A misunderstanding by the spaniards who masacred these ppl just for their land and gold. The best books written by aztec are written by only a few mexican researchers and archeologists. But then again americans believe this garbage, consider the aztecs primitive when the aztecs were as great or greater than the romans, greeks, and egyptians. I wonder how these blood thirsty, sacrificing savages were able to build such a sophisticated and detailed calender which they depended their everyday life on and those pyramids as big as egypts. wow what a bunch of dumb savages huh? 95% , 85 million of these ppl were masacred in cold blood by the savage, chatholic spaniards in the name of god, only for land and gold which gave and give europeans their wealth till this day. So screw this book and many other books who misterpret and fasely make up facts about the aztecs.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Bloody Aztecs
Comment: The book was well writen as an historical source. It doesn't portray The Aztecs as an advanced civilized society but as the blood thirsty savages that they were. My perception of the Aztecs was greatly changed after reading this book. I was curious as to why they were considered (form the little I knew about them) an advanced civilization and found that they were ruthless cutthroats who raped the land and destroyed anyone who was not their allie. I always thought they were peaceloving and fair only to find that they were fierce warriors who only wanted to consume every civilization that they encountered and enslave anyone who had something to offer.
The author worked hard to show how their difficult beginning lent itself to their horrifying sacrifices, far reaching conquests and ruthless tribute taking. No wonder the Spanish felt justified in killing them all and taking their gold and land.
Regretfully, there was not much information available about the common Aztec. It may have been an eyeopener as well. But from what I understand, it is difficult to gather information on commoners because all the writings and hierglyphs were constructed by, and therefore, glorified the royals (or more correctly, their slaves and workers did the work while the royals meted out the orders and leached the materials from their conquests). This is not unusual is civilizations where the commoners did not have the means to preserve their place in history.
This is a stunning account and it is not hard to read. Recommended for an acurate protrayal of these people and their enemies and conquests.
Rating: 2
Summary: OK, but not great
Comment: Lots of nice pictures of Aztec art but the writing is boring and there is not enuf archaeology. Try Smith's The Aztecs instead.
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Title: The Maya (Ancient Peoples and Places) by Michael D. Coe ISBN: 0500280665 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: February, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind (Civilization of the American Indian Series, Vol 67) by Miguel Leon-Portilla, Miguel Lebon Portilla, Jack Emory Davis ISBN: 0806122951 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.15 |
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Title: Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs (Fifth Edition) by Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz ISBN: 050028346X Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: The Aztecs (Peoples of America) by Michael E. Smith ISBN: 0631230165 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya by Mary Miller, Karl Taube ISBN: 0500279284 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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