Russ Davidson
Russ Davidson served as a curator of Latin American and Iberian Collections and was a professor of librarianship at the University of New Mexico from 1979 to 2004.
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The Myth of Quetzalcoatl
Religion, Rulership, and History in the Nahua World
By Alfredo López Austin; Translated by Russ Davidson, with Guilhem Olivier; Foreword by Davíd Carrasco
University Press of Colorado
- Copyright year: 2015
Mexico's Indigenous Communities
Their Lands and Histories, 1500-2010
By Ethelia Ruiz Medrano; Translated by Russ Davidson
University Press of Colorado
A rich and detailed account of indigenous history in central and southern Mexico from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, Mexico's Indigenous Communities is an expansive work that destroys the notion that Indians were victims of forces beyond their control and today have little connection with their ancient past.
Negotiation within Domination
New Spain's Indian Pueblos Confront the Spanish State
University Press of Colorado
Negotiation within Domination examines the formation of colonial governance in New Spain through interactions between indigenous peoples and representatives of the Spanish Crown. The book highlights the complexity of native negotiation and mediation with colonial rule across time, culture, and place and how it shaped colonial political and legal structures from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
- Copyright year: 2016
Joaquín Ortega
Forging Pan-Americanism at the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico Press
In this important work Russ Davidson presents the first biography of Joaquín Ortega, introducing readers to Ortega's life and work at the University of New Mexico as well as his close relationship with then UNM president James Zimmerman and other major figures.
- Copyright year: 2020
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