Susan Kellogg
Law and the Transformation of Aztec Culture, 1500-1700.
University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. First printing. 0806127023 xxxiii/285 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6" x 8.75", is bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are like new. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
"Chronicles the effects of Spanish law as an instrument of cultural transformation and adaptation in the indigenous population during the first two centuries of colonial rule. Analyzes 73 lawsuits over property involving Indians between 1536 and 1700, demonstrating that legal documentation offers important clues to underlying cultural assumptions, and showing the law's impact on gender relations, property ownership, and kinship organization in everyday life. Of interest to students of social theory, history, and anthropology."