num_pages: 566
description: "Important historical analysis of 16th-century accounts concerning indigenous people. Examines context in which chronicles - considered among the earliest ethnographies - were written (and censured and ignored), and Franciscan beliefs about the Indians' future within the millennial kingdom. First English translation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
language: English
title: Utopia and History in Mexico: The First Chroniclers of Mexican Civilization (1520-1569)
titlecomplete: Utopia and History in Mexico: The First Chroniclers of Mexican Civilization (1520-1569) (MESOAMERICAN WORLDS : FROM THE OLMECS TO THE DANZANTES)
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr