Life and labor in ancient Mexico
Subtitle: the brief and summary relation of the Lords of New Spain.
By: Translated, and with an introd. by Benjamin Keen.
Contributors: Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 328
Subjects: Aztecs -- History -- Sources; Aztecs -- Social conditions; Aztecs -- Land tenure; Mexico -- History -- Spanish colony, 1540-1810; Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration
Description: The purpose of this book is to show how and why the Indians [Native Americans] disappeared in such numbers from the Mexican scene in the midle of the Sixteenth Century at the rate of two to four percent per annum. It serves as a warning of imposing a foreign culture onto the native culture.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 289-[306])
Translation of Breve y sumaria relación de los señores de la Nueva España.