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... of the present edition is a reprint of the 1903 facsimile of the Magliabechiano and Nuttall’s accompanying study. Copyright 1985 by Duke University Press 1985 The Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans. The Codex Magliabechiano . Book I: Introduction and Facsimile . By Zelia Nuttall. Book II...

...Ralph L. Roys The Book of the Jaguar Priest, a translation of the Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin, with commentary . By Makemson Maud Worcester . ( New York : Henry Schuman , 1951 . Pp. xi , 238 . Buckram .) Copyright 1951 by Duke University Press 1951 ...

... Copyright © 2019 by Duke University Press 2019 In November 2015, the HAHR editorial team established an annual prize for the best book review published in the journal. This funded prize recognizes, in general, the very important ways that peer reviewing of books contributes to our...

...William G. Acree, Jr. Roldán Vera successfully paints the portrait of how Rudolf Ackermann’s books were distributed in Spanish America and how elites received them, highlighting the complexities of knowledge transmission and how it was affected along the way, from the decision of what books...

...Matthew Restall An Encounter of Two Worlds: The Book of Chilam Balam of Kaua . Translated and annotated by Bricker Victoria R. and Miram Helga-Maria . New Orleans : Middle American Research Institute,Tulane University , Publication 68 , 2002 . Illustrations. Tables. Figures...

...William O. Autry Très estudios sobre el sistema tributario de los Mexicas . By Kobayashi Munehiro . Mexico City : Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social , 1993 . Maps. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. 171 pp. Paper . The Book...

...Susan Deeds The Portuguese in America 590 B.C.-1974: A Chronology & Fact Book . Comp. and ed. by da Silveira Cardozo Manoel . Dobbs Ferry , 1976 . Oceana Publications . Appendices. Bibliography. Index . Pp. vi , 154 . Cloth. Copyright 1977 by Duke University Press 1977...

...Robert Dix Nonetheless, by substituting polemics for analysis, the author does little to advance our understanding either of United States policy or of the ultimate fall of the government of Popular Unity. This book, by a member of Chile’s Christian Left who served in diplomatic posts under...

...Nancy P. Troike Florentine Codex, General History of the Things of New Spain. Book 1—The Gods . By de Sahagún Fray Bernardino . Translated from the Aztec into English by Anderson Arthur J. O. and Dibble Charles E. . Second edition, revised. Salt Lake City, Utah , 1970...

...Dolores Brown The Book of True Love . By Ruiz Juan . Translated and edited by Daly Saralyn R. and Zahareas Anthony N. . University Park , 1978 . The Pennsylvania State University . Illustrations. Bibliography . Pp. x , 454 . Paper. $8.95 . Copyright 1980 by Duke...

...C. Neale Ronning The authors are both professors of law and they note that the book was intended for use in law schools. Teachers in the social sciences should also give it careful attention. As a political scientist this reviewer would find it highly useful in courses on political systems...

...Irving A. Leonard Doctrina Christiana: The First Book Printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593 . Introductory essay by Wolf Edwin 2nd . [ The Library of Congress .] ( Philadelphia : Edward Stern and Company , 1947 . Pp. 50 and unpaginated facsimile .) Copyright 1948 by Duke...

... and significance of the Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin; and a very useful and well-conceived index. Edmonson’s translation is not only an invaluable resource that makes this work fully available to scholars in Maya studies, but also an exemplary demonstration of fine scholarship. The Book of Chilam Balam...

...Matthew Restall Popol Vuh: Sacred Book of the Ancient Maya. Electronic Library . Translated and edited by Christenson Allen J. . Electronic Library . Provo, UT : Center for Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, Brigham Young University , 2007 . CD-ROM , $39.95 . Copyright...

... Misfortunes and Shipwrecks in the Seas of the Indies, Islands, and Mainland of the Ocean Sea (1513–1548): Book Fifty of the General and Natural History of the Indies . By De Oviedo Gonzalo Fernández . Translated and edited by Dille Glen F. . Gainesville : University Press of Florida , 2011...

... Copyright © 2017 by Duke University Press 2017 In November 2015, the HAHR editorial team established an annual prize for the best book review published in the journal. This funded prize recognizes, in general, the very important ways that peer reviewing of books contributes to our...

... accurately summarizing the book's contents and main arguments with a fair assessment of the book's strengths and weaknesses; innovative recommendations within a broad historiographical contextualization; clarity and elegance of the reviewer's writing style. The journal is happy...

...John J. Johnson Chilean Scrap-book . By Clissold Stephen . New York , 1952 . Frederick A. Praeger . Illustrations. Index . Pp. 316 . $4.75 . Copyright 1954 by Duke University Press 1954 ...

... of modern Maya research, published The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel in the Carnegie Institution of Washington series in 1933. The first scholarly edition of any of the Chilam Balam works, it was immediately recognized as a publication of immense erudition and value. The edition included the Maya text...