Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xiii
5. GENERAL EDITOR'S NOTE 1
6. Introduction: Reflections on Ethnohistory 3
7. 1. Introductory Notes on Territorial Divisions of Middle America 17
8. 2. Colonial New Spain, 1519-1786: Historical Notes on the Evolution of Minor Political Jurisdictions 63
9. 3. Viceroyalty to Republics, 1786-1952: Historical Notes on the Evolution of Middle American Political Units 138
10. 4. Ethnohistorical Regions of Middle America 166
11. 5. The Relaciones Geográficas of the Spanish Indies, 1577-1648 183
12. 6. The Pinturas (Maps) of the Relaciones Geográficas, With a Catalog 243
13. 7. The Relaciones Geográficas, 1579—1586: Native Languages 279
14. 8. A Census of the Relaciones Geográficas of New Spain, 1579-1612 324
15. 9. The Relaciones Geográficas of Spain, New Spain, and the Spanish Indies: An Annotated Bibliography 370
16. 10. The Relaciones Geográficas of Mexico and Central America, 1740-1792 396
17. REFERENCES 453