Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xiii
5. 1 Configuring the Past 1
6. 2 History and Historians 13
7. 3 Writing in Images 28
8. 4 Structures of History 64
9. 5 Mixtec Genealogical Histories 87
10. 6 Lienzos and Tiras from Oaxaca and Southern Puebla 125
11. 7 Stories of Migration, Conquest, and Consolidation in the Central Valleys 162
12. 8 Aztec Altepetl Annals 197
13. 9 Histories with a Purpose 238
14. Notes 251
15. Bibliography 267
16. Index 285