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Aztec Imperial Strategies

by: Frances F. Berdan
Richard E. Blanton
Elizabeth H. Boone
Mary G. Hodge
Michael E. Smith
Emily Umberger

Aztec Imperial Strategies. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC (1996). ISBN:0884022110. ($60.00)

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION, by Michael E. Smith and Frances F. Berdan.

PART I: THE EMPIRE’S CENTER

Drawing of Aztec conquest

Introduction to Part I

2. POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CENTRAL PROVINCES, by Mary G. Hodge

3. THE BASIN OF MEXICO MARKET SYSTEM AND THE GROWTH OF EMPIRE, by Richard E. Blanton.

4. ART AND IMPERIAL STRATEGY IN TENOCHTITLAN, by Emily Umberger.

PART II: THE OUTER PROVINCES

Aztec tribute document

Introduction to Part II

5. THE TRIBUTARY PROVINCES, by Frances F. Berdan.

6. THE STRATEGIC PROVINCES, by Michael E. Smith.

7. AZTEC PRESENCE AND MATERIAL REMAINS IN THE OUTER PROVINCES, by Emily Umberger.

8. MANUSCRIPT PAINTING IN SERVICE OF IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY, by Elizabeth Hill Boone.

PART III: IMPERIAL STRATEGIES

9. IMPERIAL STRATEGIES AND CORE-PERIPHERY RELATIONS, by Frances F. Berdan and Michael E. Smith.

10. A CONSIDERATION OF CAUSALITY IN THE GROWTH OF EMPIRE: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE, by Richard E. Blanton.

Appendix 1: DATA ON POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE AZTEC EMPIRE’S CENTRAL PROVINCES, by Mary G. Hodge and Richard E. Blanton.

Appendix 2: DATA ON MARKET ACTIVITIES AND PRODUCTION SPECIALIZATIONS OF TLATOANI CENTERS, by Richard E. Blanton and Mary G. Hodge.

Appendix 3: MATERIAL REMAINS IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES, by Emily Umberger.

Appendix 4: PROVINCE DESCRIPTIONS, by Michael E. Smith and Frances F. Berdan.

Bibliography
Place Name Index
Subject Index

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This is one of the many provincial maps contained in Aztec Imperial Strategies. It shows the provinces along the central section of the Aztec/Tarascan border. The city-states in the strategic province of Temazcaltepec were responsible for controlling the Tarascan frontier, whereas those in the tributary provinces of Ocuilan, Malinalco, and Tlachco were responsible for making regular tribute payments to the imperial capitals. Descriptions of these provinces, including extensive data tables, are found in Appendix 4 of the book.