- Taschenbuch: 336 Seiten
- Verlag: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History; Auflage: illustrated edition (15. Februar 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1842125087
- ISBN-13: 978-1842125083
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21,8 x 14,2 x 2,7 cm
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Nr. 173.129 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
- Nr. 59 in Englische Bücher > Geschichte > Amerika > Mexiko
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Vivid account of a profoundly religious warrior society-from Its most primitive days to the eve of the Spanish conquest in the early 16th century. Detailed accounts of living In a great city-state, religious beliefs, public buildings and market places, home furnishings, family life, the conduct of war, the art of language and music, and much more. Unabridged republication of the book published by the Macmlllan Company, New York, 1962.
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A vivid account of the fierce, honourable, death-obsessed, profoundly religious Aztecs on the eve of the Spanish conquest. Even in the darkest symbolism of their blood-drenched worship they appear as people with whom we can sympathise.
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Utterly brilliant!
21. Mai 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
I'm a bit surprised nobody has yet reviewed this incredible book. Well, I might as well be the first.
The long short of it is: Anybody interested in Aztecs needs to read this book.
Soustelle ably demonstrates that there was more to Aztec society then war and human sacrifice, as he leads us first through the daily life of the average citizen of the Aztec empire, and from there goes on to talk about almost everything that a citizen could possibly come in contact with, from big things like the legal and educational systems, down to little things like what they ate where they went to the bathroom.
Soustelle's style is engaging and easy to read, and his immense admiration for the Aztecs is visible in nearly every sentence. In fact, sometimes it's almost too visible, as Soustelle doesn't really use the objective, detached style of writing that we modern readers are used to finding in history books. He often outright condemns both the Aztec merchant class and the Spanish conquistadors, which is a big no-no in history writing. That said, he spends most of the book examining subjects he admires, so these condemnations only occur in a few passages, and generally his enthusiasm for the subject matter is highly infectious. I'd be surprised if, after finishing this book, you didn't become a big Aztec booster.
There is only one other problem that kept me from giving the book a full five stars; it's a bit outdated. While the vast majority of information in Daily Life of the Aztecs is accurate, due to Soustelle's extensive use of primary sources, certain archeological evidence and ethnographical research has contradicted, or, more often expanded on Soustelle's understanding of Aztec life.
Because of this, you might want to select another more contemporary book as a companion to this one (If your library has a copy of the other Daily Life of the Aztecs, the one by David Carrasco and Scott Sessions, I recommend that one). I say companion because even though research on Aztec history has progressed since Soustelle's book was published in 1955, no modern book I have found comes close to having the breadth of subject matter or ease of reading as Daily Life of the Aztecs.
The long short of it is: Anybody interested in Aztecs needs to read this book.
Soustelle ably demonstrates that there was more to Aztec society then war and human sacrifice, as he leads us first through the daily life of the average citizen of the Aztec empire, and from there goes on to talk about almost everything that a citizen could possibly come in contact with, from big things like the legal and educational systems, down to little things like what they ate where they went to the bathroom.
Soustelle's style is engaging and easy to read, and his immense admiration for the Aztecs is visible in nearly every sentence. In fact, sometimes it's almost too visible, as Soustelle doesn't really use the objective, detached style of writing that we modern readers are used to finding in history books. He often outright condemns both the Aztec merchant class and the Spanish conquistadors, which is a big no-no in history writing. That said, he spends most of the book examining subjects he admires, so these condemnations only occur in a few passages, and generally his enthusiasm for the subject matter is highly infectious. I'd be surprised if, after finishing this book, you didn't become a big Aztec booster.
There is only one other problem that kept me from giving the book a full five stars; it's a bit outdated. While the vast majority of information in Daily Life of the Aztecs is accurate, due to Soustelle's extensive use of primary sources, certain archeological evidence and ethnographical research has contradicted, or, more often expanded on Soustelle's understanding of Aztec life.
Because of this, you might want to select another more contemporary book as a companion to this one (If your library has a copy of the other Daily Life of the Aztecs, the one by David Carrasco and Scott Sessions, I recommend that one). I say companion because even though research on Aztec history has progressed since Soustelle's book was published in 1955, no modern book I have found comes close to having the breadth of subject matter or ease of reading as Daily Life of the Aztecs.
If Only I Could Give This 6 Stars!
15. Oktober 2011
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This is not about the blood and guts we so often read, and is so very far removed from the 1st person perceptions of the Christian Conquistadors and those who have founded their version of reality thereon, and yet answers the central question of how so few such Uglies could kill so many and obliterate something as great as the Mexica Civilization. But Cortez is more of just a stopping point, the zenith of this civilization that was so rapidly maturing, becoming increasingly ever-finer, more dignified, literate, majestic, on its path to somewhere we'll now never know, with with rules of honorable behavior and thought that made them so unfortunately ill-prepared for the coming of The Aliens! Oh, but they had truly been Barbarians, we might all be speaking Nahuatl....
There are some Great Reviews here on Amazon of this very same book, only with the full title of Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest. Check those out &, yes, get this book!
There are some Great Reviews here on Amazon of this very same book, only with the full title of Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest. Check those out &, yes, get this book!
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