The Aztec Image in Western Thought
The Aztec Image in Western Thought

Author: Benjamin Keen

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9780813515724

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Encompass the sweep of changing Western thought on the Aztecs from Cortes to the present.

The Promise of Progress
The Promise of Progress

Author: Daniel Noah Moses

Publisher: University of Missouri Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0826266606

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"A detailed presentation of Lewis Henry Morgan's life from his early work with the Iroquois to his defense of American capitalism to his strange posthumous career among international leftists up to Morgan's influence among today's environmentalists, anarchists, feminists, and other social visionaries"--Provided by publisher.

William Hickling Prescott
William Hickling Prescott

Author: Peter O. Koch

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-05-11

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1476665338

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William Hickling Prescott (1796-1859) was one of those rare historians who effectively melded history and literature in an elegant, compelling writing style that appealed to the casual reader, while still meeting the strict criteria of the scholar. Prescott was the first American historian to achieve international recognition with his critically acclaimed History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. Plagued by poor vision and chronic health issues, he was determined to make his mark as a historian. His follow-up work, The History of the Conquest of Mexico, is considered his masterpiece. Prescott went on to write A History of the Conquest of Peru, History of the Reign of Philip II and a 200-page addendum to William Robertson's History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. Drawing on correspondence and journal entries, this book traces the life of one of America's most celebrated historians.

Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines
Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines

Author: Lewis Henry Morgan

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-25

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Lewis Henry Morgan's 'Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines' is an exploration of the design of the dwellings and buildings used by Native Americans and what they tell us about their way of life. The author reveals that Native Americans tended towards equalization of subsistence with a law of hospitality that ensured hunger and destitution could not exist in one part of a village while plenty prevailed elsewhere. Morgan argues that the family was too weak an organization to face alone the struggle of life and thus formed large households composed of several families. The book explains how the communal house forms one system of works and represents these several conditions of Native American life with reasonable completeness.

Fred Harvey Houses of the Southwest
Fred Harvey Houses of the Southwest

Author: Richard Melzer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738556314

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The Fred Harvey name will forever be associated with the high-quality restaurants, hotels, and resorts situated along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway in the American Southwest. The Fred Harvey Company surprised travelers, who were accustomed to "dingy beaneries" staffed with "rough waiters," by presenting attractive, courteous servers known as the Harvey Girls. Today many Harvey Houses serve as museums, offices, and civic centers throughout the Southwest. Only a few Harvey Houses remain as first-class hotels, and they are located at the Grand Canyon, in Winslow, Arizona, and in Santa Fe, New Mexico.