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Johns, Christina Jacqueline.

The origins of violence in Mexican society / Christina Jacqueline
Johns.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-275-94838-2 (alk. paper)

1. Violence-- Mexico--History. 2. Mexico--Social conditions--To
1810. 3. Mexico--History--To 1810. I. Title.

HN120.Z9V545 1995

303.6̓0972-dc20 94-32917

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Copyright © 1995 by Christina Jacqueline Johns

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 94-32917
ISBN: 0-275-94838-2

First published in 1995

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

10987654321

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to use the following:

Selections from Miguel Leon-Portilla, The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Con-
quest of Mexico. Used by permission of Beacon Press.

Selections from Alonso de Zorita, The Lords of New Spain, trans. Benjamin Keen. Copy-
right © 1965 by Rutgers University Press.

Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright materials in this
book, but in some instances this has proven impossible. The author and publisher will be
glad to receive information leading to more complete acknowledgments in subsequent print-
ings of the book and in the meantime extend their apologies for any omissions.

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