A study of the social, cultural, and religious customs of this glorious Mexican civilization destroyed by Cortes and his Spanish conquistadores.

"The Jazz Trope looks at the African American lifestyle through the lens of jazz, blues, and spirituals and pays homage to the pioneering efforts of Albert Murray, Ralph Ellison, Houston Baker, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ishmael Reed, Amiri Baraka, and other notable scholars who have related music to African American life and culture."--Jacket.

"A concise and accessible introduction to natural law ethics, this book introduces readers to the mainstream tradition of Western moral philosophy. Building on philosophers from Plato through Aquinas to John Finnis, Alfonso Gomez-Lobo links morality to the protection of basic human goods - life, family, friendship, work and play, the experience of beauty, knowledge, and integrity - elements essential to a flourishing, happy human life." "Making arguments...