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The Aztec Economic World
This study explores the organization, scale, complexity, and integration
of Aztec commerce across Mesoamerica at Spanish contact. The aims of
the book are threefold. The
first
is to construct an in-depth understand-
ing of the economic organization of precolumbian Aztec society and
how it developed in the way that it did. The second is to explore the
livelihoods of the individuals who bought, sold, and moved goods
across a cultural landscape that lacked both navigable rivers and animal
transport. Finally, this study models Aztec economy in a way that
facilitates its comparison to other ancient and premodern societies
around the world. What makes the Aztec economy unique is that it
developed one of the most sophisticated market economies in the
ancient world in a society with one of the worse transportation systems.
This is the
first
book to provide an updated and comprehensive view of
the Aztec economy in thirty years.
kenneth g. hirth
is Professor of Anthropology at Penn State Uni-
versity. His research focuses on the origin and development of ranked
and state-level societies in the New World. He is especially interested in
political economy and how forms of resource control lead to the devel-
opment of structural inequalities within society.
The Aztec Economic World
Merchants and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica
KENNETH G. HIRTH
Department of Anthropology
Penn State University
32
Avenue of the Americas, New York,
ny 10013–2473,
USA
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© Kenneth G. Hirth
2016
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First published
2016
Printed in the United States of America by Sheridan Books, Inc.
A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hirth, Kenn.
The Aztec economic world : merchants and markets in ancient Mesoamerica / by Kenneth
G. Hirth, Department of Anthropology, Penn State University.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn 978-1-107-14277-0
(Hardback)
1.
Aztecs–Economic conditions.
2.
Aztecs–Commerce.
3.
Merchants–Mexico–History–To
1500. 4.
Indians of Mexico–Economic conditions.
5.
Indians of Mexico–Commerce–
History–To
1500.
I. Title. II. Title: Merchants and markets in ancient Mesoamerica.
f1219.76.e36h57 2016
972–dc23 2015034786
isbn 978-1-107-14277-0
Hardback
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