Aztec Warfare : Imperial Expansion and Political Control - 88 edition
Aztec Warfare : Imperial Expansion and Political Control - 88 edition
ISBN13: 9780806127736
ISBN10: 0806127732
by Ross Hassig
Cover type: PaperbackEdition: 88
Copyright: 1988
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1988
International: No
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Summary
In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig acknowledges the religious motivation behind Aztec conquest but focuses more sharply on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat. Chronicling the military campaigns of the kings, strong and weak, he concludes with the Aztecs' sudden, crushing defeat at the hands of the conquistadors and their allies.
Author Bio
Hassig, Ross : Univeristy of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Ross Hassig is Professor of Anthropology at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. He is the author of Trade, Tribute, and Transportation: The Sixteenth-Century Political Economy of Mexico (Univeristy of Oklahoma Press), War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica, and Mexico and the Spanish Conquest.
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In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig acknowledges the religious motivation behind Aztec conquest but focuses more sharply on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat. Chronicling the military campaigns of the kings, strong and weak, he concludes with the Aztecs' sudden, crushing defeat at the hands of the conquistadors and their allies.
Hassig, Ross : Univeristy of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Ross Hassig is Professor of Anthropology at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. He is the author of Trade, Tribute, and Transportation: The Sixteenth-Century Political Economy of Mexico (Univeristy of Oklahoma Press), War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica, and Mexico and the Spanish Conquest.
Published: 1988
International: No
Summary
In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig acknowledges the religious motivation behind Aztec conquest but focuses more sharply on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat. Chronicling the military campaigns of the kings, strong and weak, he concludes with the Aztecs' sudden, crushing defeat at the hands of the conquistadors and their allies.
Author Bio
Hassig, Ross : Univeristy of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Ross Hassig is Professor of Anthropology at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. He is the author of Trade, Tribute, and Transportation: The Sixteenth-Century Political Economy of Mexico (Univeristy of Oklahoma Press), War and Society in Ancient Mesoamerica, and Mexico and the Spanish Conquest.
