Books

This book, part of the Native Peoples of the Americas series (ed. Laurie Weinstein), examines the largely overlooked Mexican Gulf Coast and gives in-depth insight to the many indigenous peoples living there, including the Popoluca Gulf Coast Nahua, Totonac, Tepehua, Sierra Ñähñu (Otomí), and Huastec Maya. It is the first work published to argue for the region's distinctiveness from the rest of Mexico, and it does so through detailed discussions of each of these groups' language, social organization, belief systems, dwellings, culture, etc. The book is a defining contribution that features the expertise and research of a dozen noted scholars.