Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 13
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Release Date:01 Jan 1974
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Handbook of Middle American Indians, Volume 13

Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources, Part Two

University of Texas Press

Volume 13 of the Handbook of Middle American Indians, published in cooperation with the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University under the general editorship of Robert Wauchope (1909–1979), constitutes Part 2 of the Guide to Ethnohistorical Sources. The Guide has been assembled under the volume editorship of the late Howard F. Cline, Director of the Hispanic Foundation in the Library of Congress, with Charles Gibson, John B. Glass, and H. B. Nicholson as associate volume editors. It covers geography and ethnogeography (Volume 12); sources in the European tradition (Volume 13); and sources in the native tradition (Volumes 14 and 15).

The present volume contains the following studies on sources in the European tradition:

  • “Published Collections of Documents Relating
  • to Middle American Ethnohistory,” by Charles Gibson
  • “An Introductory Survey of Secular Writings in the European Tradition on Colonial Middle America, 1503–1818,” by J. Benedict Warren
  • “Religious Chroniclers and Historians: A Summary with Annotated Bibliography,” by Ernest J.
  • Burrus, S.J.
  • “Bernardino de Sahagún,” by Luis Nicolau d’Olwer, Howard F. Cline, and H. B. Nicholson
  • “Antonio de Herrera,” by Manuel Ballesteros Gaibrois
  • “Juan de Torquemada,” by José Alcina Franch
  • “Francisco Javier Clavigero,” by Charles E. Ronan, S.J.
  • “Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg,” by Carroll Edward Mace
  • “Hubert Howe Bancroft,” by Howard F. Cline
  • “Eduard Georg Seler,” by H. B. Nicholson
  • “Selected
Nineteenth-Century Mexican Writers on Ethnohistory,” by Howard F. Cline

The Handbook of Middle American Indians was assembled and edited at the Middle American Research Institute of Tulane University with the assistance of grants from the National Science Foundation and under the sponsorship of the National Research Council Committee on Latin American Anthropology.

Robert Wauchope (1909–1979) was the director of the Middle American Research Institute at Tulane University.

(Continues from Volume 12)

  • Abbreviations
  • 11. Published Collections of Documents Relating to Middle American Ethnohistory (Charles Gibson)
  • Evolution of Documentary Collections
    • Spain
    • New Spain and Mexico
    • Central America
  • Documentary Collections Published before 1810
    • Legislative Compendia
    • Other Collections
  • Documentary Collections of the 19th Century
    • Mexican
    • Spanish
    • French
    • Other European
    • United States
  • Colecciones de Documentos Inéditos
    • Historia de España
    • Collections Relating to Spanish America
    • Documentos inéditos… de Indias
    • Documentos inéditos… de ultramar
    • Documentos… Ibero-América
  • Large General Collections of the 20th Century
    • Peñafiel
    • García Pimentel
    • Paso y Troncoso
    • Documentos inéditos ó muy raros
    • Biblioteca histórica
    • Epistolario de Nueva España
    • AGN Publications
    • Mexico Colonial
    • Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications
    • Colección Chimalistac
    • Hakluyt Society
    • Vargas Rea Publications
  • Other Modern Documentary Collections and Series on Special Topics: Colonial Period
    • Institutional Publications
    • Anthologies of Documents
    • Native Literature
    • Conquest Literature
    • Heraldry and Genealogy
    • Missionary Efforts
    • Indian Tribute and Labor
    • Law and Legislation
    • Other Social and Economic Topics
    • Regions
  • Modern Publications: Postcolonial Period
    • Independence and General
    • Later 19th Century and Mexican Revolution
    • Church, Law, Legislation
    • Local Regions and Areas
    • Topics
  • Modern Journals and Additional Miscellaneous Series
    • MNA Anales
    • AGN Boletín
    • Other Journals and Series
    • Marginal Collections
  • References
  • 12. An Introductory Survey of Secular Writings in the European Tradition on Colonial Middle America, 1503–1818 (J. Benedict Warren)
  • Earliest Accounts
  • General Works
    • Official Chroniclers
    • Other General Works by Spaniards
    • General Works by Northern Europeans
    • Colonial Travelers in Middle America
  • Discovery and Conquest of Mexico
    • Exploratory Expeditions
    • Eyewitness Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico
    • Derivative Accounts of the Conquest of Mexico
  • Central Mexico
    • Sixteenth Century
    • Seventeenth Century
    • Eighteenth Century
    • Nineteenth Century
  • Northern and Western Mexico
  • Southern Mexico
  • Yucatan
  • Central America
    • Early Southern Central America
    • Early Northern Central America
    • Later Writings
    • Other Writings
  • Bibliography
  • 13. Religious Chroniclers and Historians: A Summary with Annotated Bibliography (Ernest J. Burrus, S.J.)
  • General Observations and Background
  • Biobibliographical Sources
    • General
    • Franciscans
    • Dominicans
    • Augustinians
    • Jesuits
  • Chronicles and Histories, by Orders
    • Franciscans (O.F.M.)
    • Dominicans (O.P.)
    • Augustinians (O.S.A.)
    • Jesuits (S.J.)
    • Mercedarians (O.Merc.)
  • Epilogue
  • Annotated Bibliography
  • 14. Bernardino de Sahagún, 1499–1590
  • A. Sahagún and His Works (Luis Nicolau d’Olwer and Howard F. Cline)
  • Plans and Methods
  • Evolution of “Historia general”
    • Nahuatl Documentation and Drafts
    • “Historia general”: Nahuatl
    • “Historia general”: Spanish and Bilingual Texts
  • Works About the Nahuatl Language
    • “Arte”
    • “Historia general”
    • “Vocabulario trilingüe”
  • The “Postilla,” or Doctrinal Encyclopedia
    • Coloquios and Doctrina
    • Chronicle
    • Postilla
    • Epistolas
    • Adiciones
    • Apéndice
    • Comments
  • Books of Songs and Prayers
    • Cantares
    • Manual del Cristiano
  • Evaluation
  • B. Sahagún’s “Primeros memoriales” Tepepulco (H. B. Nicholson)
  • “Primeros memoriales”: Paso y Troncoso Reconstruction
  • Descriptions
  • Discussion
  • C. Sahagún Materials and Studies (Howard F. Cline)
  • Publications
  • General Plans
  • National and International Trends
    • Germany
    • France
    • United States
    • Mexico
    • Spain
    • International
  • Topical Writings and General Studies
  • “Historia general”: Translations and Studies
  • Minor Texts
  • References
  • 15. Antonio de Herrera, 1549–1625 (Manuel Ballesteros Gaibrois)
  • Works
  • “Historia general de los hechos de los castellanos”
    • Coverage
    • Sources
    • Methods
    • Editions
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A: Herrera, Selected Works
  • Appendix B: Herrera, Selections Related to Middle America
  • References
  • 16. Juan de Torquemada, 1564–1624 (José Alcina Franch)
  • Works
    • “Monarquía indiana”
    • Minor Works
  • Sources
    • Native Sources
    • Spanish Language Sources
  • The Problem of Plagiarism
  • Evaluation
  • Appendix A: Torquemada, Works
  • Appendix B: Tentative Chronological Outline of the Biography of Torquemada
  • References
  • 17. Francisco Javier Clavigero, 1731–1787 (Charles E. Ronan, S.J.)
  • “Storia antica”: Publishing History
  • “Storia antica”: Description of the Work
  • Clavigero’s Sources
  • Evaluation
  • Appendix: Clavigero, Historical Works
  • References
  • 18. Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1814–1874 (Carroll Edward Mace)
  • Principal Monographic Works
  • Discovery and Publication of Sources
  • Evaluation
  • Appendix A: Brasseur de Bourbourg, Writings
  • Appendix B: Brasseur de Bourbourg’s Translation of Maya Signs
  • References
  • 19. Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1832–1918 (Howard F. Cline)
  • Plans and Methods
  • Format
  • Authorship
  • The Corps of Writers and their Contribution to “Native Races”
  • Evaluation
  • Appendix A: Bancroft, Principal Works
  • Appendix B: Selected References to Biobibliographies, Topical Bibliographies, and Extended Notes in Bancroft’s “Works”
  • References
  • 20. Eduard Georg Seler, 1849–1922 (H. B. Nicholson)
  • Mesoamerican Ethnohistorical Investigations
  • Major Publications
    • Native Language Texts: Translations and Commentaries
    • Western Mesoamerican Native-Tradition Pictorials: Interpretations
    • Mayanist Researches
    • Ethnographic and Culture-Historical Syntheses
  • Evaluation
  • Appendix: Seler, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
  • References
  • 21. Selected Nineteenth-Century Mexican Writers on Ethnohistory (Howard F. Cline)
  • Carlos María Bustamante, 1774–1848
    • Works
    • Evaluation
  • José Fernando Ramírez, 1804–1871
    • The Ramírez Collections
    • Publications
  • Manuel Orozco y Berra, 1810–1881
    • “Historia antigua y de la conquista de México”
    • “Historia de la dominación española en México”
    • Other Writings
    • Evaluation
  • Joaquín García Icazbalceta, 1825–1894
    • The Collection
    • Works
  • Alfredo Chavero, 1841–1906
    • Edited Works
    • Biobibliographies
    • Commentaries and Studies
    • “Historia antigua”
    • Summary and Evaluation
  • Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, 1842–1916
    • The European Mission
    • The Sahagún Corpus
    • Plans for the “Papeles de Nueva España”
    • Paso y Troncoso’s Execution of the Plans
    • Repatriation of the Paso y Troncoso Collection
    • Later Developments and Publications of the “Papeles de Nueva España”
    • Evaluation
  • Appendix A: Bustamante, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
  • Appendix B: Ramírez, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
  • Appendix C: Orozco y Berra, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
  • Appendix D: García Icazbalceta, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
  • Appendix E: Chavero, Selected Writings of Ethnohistorical Interest
  • Appendix F: Paso y Troncoso, Selected Writings and Publications of Ethnohistorical Interest
  • References
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