
Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition
Polygamy and the Rise and Demise of the Aztec Empire
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This provocative examination of Aztec marriage practices offers a powerful analysis of the dynamics of society and politics in Mexico before and after the Spanish conquest. The author surveys what it means to be polygynous by comparing the practice in other cultures, past and present, and he uses its demographic consequences to flesh out this understudied topic in Aztec history. Polygyny provided Aztec women with opportunities for upward social mobility. It also led to increased migration to Ten...Show more
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ISBN
9780826357120
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Published year
2016
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1
Original title
Polygamy and the Rise and Demise of the Aztec Empire
Format
Paperback
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