Metepec: Miseria y Grandeza del Barro

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Author: Huitrón, Antonio from the library of Professor George M Foster Year: 1962 Publisher: Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales Universidad Nacional Place: Mexico City Description: 188 pages with map, plates, diagrams and appendix. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 3/4") issued in wrappers. From the library of professor George M Foster . First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Metepec is a city and municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico. It lies adjacent to the east side of the state capital, Toluca. Mexico City lies further to the east. The name Metepec is from Náhuatl meaning hill of the maguey plants. However, it is also known in the Matlatzinca language as "Nepinta-Tuhi" meaning 'people of corn land' and in the Otomi language as "Ntaguada"." During the Spanish conquest, Gonzálo de Sandoval and his Otomi allies, conquered Toluca, Tenango, Tlacotepec, Tecaxic-Calixtlahuaca, Calimaya along with Metepec other Matlatzinca and Mexica population centers, whose lands were then abandoned by the natives. These lands were then redistributed among the Spaniards who participated in the Conquest and to those local chiefs that supported the Spanish. Lands in and around Metepec were given to Captain Juan Gutiérrez Altamirano, who brought the Franciscans in to evangelize the area, and then these lands passed onto the estates of the Counts of Santiago. The area was considered an "alcaldía mayor" (literally 'major mayorship') by 1560 with the village of Metepec as its seat. Records of munic

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