...Michel R. Oudijk Tlacaelel Remembered: Mastermind of the Aztec Empire . By Schroeder Susan . Civilization of the American Indian . Norman : University of Oklahoma Press , 2016 . Maps. Figures. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 218 pp. Cloth , $29.95 . Copyright © 2018...

... work, La filosofía náhuatl . Indian origins, the Classic period, Tula, and the beginnings of Aztec history are all described as later Indian peoples understood and wrote of them. As in the literary narratives, the figure of Tlacaélel is accorded much attention in the process of Aztec state...

... between the state and historical writing of all sorts, from the pre-Columbian period onward. Here he makes the cogent (if oft-observed) point that historical memory is coterminous with the agenda and agents of the state, which from the late Aztec éminence grise Tlacaelel to the constructors...