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  • In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl

    Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations

    par Merilee Grindle ...
    A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year"What a woman! And what a fabulous life to unearth. Zelia Nuttall was incredibly smart, determined, a divorced single mother in a man’s world, a great scholar, and an original thinker—yet today she’s completely forgotten. Merilee Grindle has dug deep into the archives and uncovered her fascinating story."—Andrea Wulf, author of The Invention of Nature"Zelia ... En savoir plus

    $25.29 CAD

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

    Aussi disponible en : Livre audio

  • A la sombra de Quetzalcóatl

    Zelia Nuttal y la búsqueda de las antiguas civilizaciones de México

    par Merilee Grindle ...
    «¡Qué mujer! Y qué vida tan fabulosa. Zelia Nuttall era increíblemente inteligente, decidida, una madre soltera en un mundo de hombres, una gran erudita y una pensadora original. Merilee Grindle ha investigado a fondo y ha descubierto su fascinante historia.»-A ndrea W</s... ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $24.99 CAD Maintenant $17.99 CAD

  • Jobs for the Boys

    Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective

    par Merilee Grindle ...
    Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in history and explores the political processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service ... En savoir plus

    $62.99 CAD

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    In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl

    Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico's Ancient Civilizations

    par Merilee Grindle ...
    Lu par Cynthia Farrell ...

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    Where do human societies come from? The drive to answer this question took on a new urgency in the nineteenth century, when a generation of archaeologists began to look beyond the bible for the origins of different cultures and civilizations. Zelia Nuttall threw herself into the study of Aztec customs and cosmology, eager to use the tools of the emerging science of anthropology to prove that ... En savoir plus

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  • On Savage Shores

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  • Cradle of Gold

    The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the Aztecs

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