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== BOOK NOTICE ==

TOTIMEHUACAN:
SU HISTORIA Y VIDA ACTUAL

by
Eileen M. Mulhare de la Torre, Ph.D.

2001, 2nd Edition (Revised)

Summary | About the Author
Inter-Library Loan | Book Orders


Prologue: Lic. Herón García-Martínez. Series: Colección Testimonios, No. 1. Publisher: H. Ayuntamiento del Municipio de Puebla, Programa de Atención a la Cultura Popular, Puebla, Mexico. Description: 196 pp., 16 photographs, four maps, one illustration, 17 tables, three annotated bibliographies.

Summary. In the past, the Puebla Valley town of Totimehuacán (Mexico), served variously as the capital of a prehispanic Nahua city-state, the seat of a Franciscan mission, and a prized military target in various wars.

This book traces 2,700 years of local history, from the Pre-Classic ceremonial center (c. 695 B.C.) to the arrival of factories, tourism and suburban housing developments in the late 20th century. It also examines all major aspects of community life today.

The study incorporates a wide range of data sources -- archeology, native codices, archives and oral history -- as well as 22 years of ethnographic fieldwork (1978-2000) by the author.

In comparison to the first edition (1995), this revised, second edition presents fuller coverage of the colonial period, a new section on contemporary social organization (household, kinship, marriage, etc.), more details on popular Catholicism, plus updated photos and appendices.

About the Author. Dr. Eileen M. Mulhare is Research Associate in Anthropology, in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.

Inter-Library Loan. The book is available on loan from major university libraries in the United States. There are also copies at various research centers in Mexico. For more information, consult the list below or contact your local library.
Libraries in the U.S.
Arizona State University
Center U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC-San Diego
Colgate University
Cornell University
Library of Congress
State University of New York-Albany
Syracuse University
Tulane University
University of Arizona
University of California-Berkeley
University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana
University of Michigan
University of New Mexico
University of Pittsburgh, Hillman Library
University of Texas, Benson Collection
Vanderbilt University		 Libraries in the Mexico
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Centro de Estudios Históricos de Puebla
Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
   -- Centro Regional INAH-Puebla
Universidad Iberoamericana-México, D.F.
Universidad Iberoamericana-Puebla
Universidad de las Américas-Cholula, Puebla
Univ. Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa
Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala
Universidad Veracruzana-Xalapa
Book Orders (in Mexico, only)-New Information. As of late January 2002, the publisher no longer takes book orders. Copies are still available at "Papelería y Mercería del Centro", Avenida Vicente Guerrero No. 10 (Centro, Zócalo), San Francisco Totimehuacán, Puebla, C.P. 72960, Mexico. Store manager: Alejandra García Martínez.

Graphics Credits

  • Renovated ruins of the 16th-century Franciscan mission, San Francisco Totimehuacán, Puebla, Mexico. © 2001 E.M. Mulhare.
  • Floral arch honoring the town patron saint, San Francisco Totimehuacán, Puebla, Mexico. © 2001 E.M. Mulhare.
  • Parish Church, San Francisco Totimehuacán, Puebla, Mexico. © 2001 E.M. Mulhare.

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