{"product_id":"annals-of-his-time-don-domingo-de-san-anton-munon-chimalpahin-quauhtlehuanitzin-hardcover","title":"Annals of His Time: Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Lockhart\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSusan Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDoris Namala\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the native-language documents written by the Nahuas of central Mexico after Spanish contact, the annals genre gave them the freest rein in expressing themselves. The premier practitioner of the Nahuatl annals form was a writer of the early seventeenth century now known as Chimalpahin. Until recently, attention went primarily to his writings about precontact events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow Chimalpahin's equally important writings about his own time have begun to come to the fore; the present volume is the first English edition of Chimalpahin's largest work, written during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. The great immediate value of the material is that it shows the Mexico City of the author's time, both Spanish and indigenous, as a cultured Nahua viewed it, and reveals the Nahuatl social and cultural vocabulary of that era. Among entries reporting run-of-the-mill events, the annals contain much color and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe edition features a faithful transcription and a very readable translation. The apparatus includes telling new analysis of both language and content.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the native-language documents written by the Nahuas of central Mexico after Spanish contact, the annals genre gave them the freest rein in expressing themselves. The premier practitioner of the Nahuatl annals form was a writer of the early seventeenth century now known as Chimalpahin. Until recently, attention went primarily to his writings about precontact events.\u003cbr\u003eNow Chimalpahin's equally important writings about his own time have begun to come to the fore; the present volume is the first English edition of Chimalpahin's largest work, written during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. The great immediate value of the material is that it shows the Mexico City of the author's time, both Spanish and indigenous, as a cultured Nahua viewed it, and reveals the Nahuatl social and cultural vocabulary of that era. Among entries reporting run-of-the-mill events, the annals contain much color and humanity.\u003cbr\u003eThe edition features a faithful transcription and a very readable translation. The apparatus includes telling new analysis of both language and content.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Lockhart is Professor Emeritus of History at UCLA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nahuas After the Conquest\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford University Press, 1992) and much else in Nahuatl studies. Susan Schroeder is France Vinton Scholes Professor of Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eChimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), and has edited other works of Chimalpahin. Doris Namala is Lecturer at Loyola Marymount University and author of the dissertation \"Chimalpahin in His Time,\" now being developed into a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 10.28 x 7.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131177078919,"sku":"9780804754545","price":136.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0c46dc621c4c202ebabcd6c7cf0acc76.webp?v=1732616924","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/annals-of-his-time-don-domingo-de-san-anton-munon-chimalpahin-quauhtlehuanitzin-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}