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The Life and Times of Mexico

Author : Earl Shorris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039334374X
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Mexico written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. "A work of scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico." —History Today The Life and Times of Mexico is a grand narrative driven by 3,000 years of history: the Indian world, the Spanish invasion, Independence, the 1910 Revolution, the tragic lives of workers in assembly plants along the border, and the experiences of millions of Mexicans who live in the United States. Mexico is seen here as if it were a person, but in the Aztec way; the mind, the heart, the winds of life; and on every page there are portraits and stories: artists, shamans, teachers, a young Maya political leader; the rich few and the many poor. Earl Shorris is ingenious at finding ways to tell this story: prostitutes in the Plaza Loreto launch the discussion of economics; we are taken inside two crucial elections as Mexico struggles toward democracy; we watch the creation of a popular "telenovela" and meet the country's greatest living intellectual. The result is a work of magnificent scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico.

The Life and Times of Mexico

Author : Earl Shorris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393327671
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Mexico written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the long, tumultuous history of Mexico in a narrative account of its historical changes, art, politics, religion, and people.

The Life and Times of Mexico

Author : Earl Shorris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393059267
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (592 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Mexico written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the long, tumultuous history of Mexico in a narrative account of its historical changes, art, politics, religion, and people.

The Life and Times of Pancho Villa

Author : Friedrich Katz
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804730464
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Pancho Villa written by Friedrich Katz and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on archival research, this study of Pancho Villa aims to separate myth from history. It looks at Villa's early life as an outlaw and his emergence as a national leader, and at the special considerations that transformed the state of Chihuahua into a leading centre of revolution.

José María de Jesús Carvajal

Author : Joseph E. Chance
Publisher : Trinity University Press
ISBN 13 : 1595341234
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book José María de Jesús Carvajal written by Joseph E. Chance and published by Trinity University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both a biography of the titular Mexican reformer and a study of the events that shaped the Mexican-U.S. border, this book examines the challenges faced by Carvajal during the turbulent decades of the early to mid-19th century. A key figure in the violent struggle against the conservative factions that controlled Mexico, Carvajal also played significant roles in the fight for Texas's independence and the ill-fated Republic of the Rio Grande. Carvajal’s life and exploits have been largely overlooked — here, he is restored to his rightful place among the visionaries who shaped modern Texas.

Tijuana Book of the Dead

Author : Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619024829
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Tijuana Book of the Dead written by Luis Alberto Urrea and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Pulitzer-nominated The Devil’s Highway and national bestseller The Hummingbird’s Daughter comes an exquisitely composed collection of poetry on life at the border. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Luis Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea explores duality and the concept of blurring borders in a melting pot society.

Mexico

Author : Enrique Krauze
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062285262
Total Pages : 885 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Mexico written by Enrique Krauze and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-09 with total page 885 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concentration of power in the caudillo (leader) is as much a formative element of Mexican culture and politics as the historical legacy of the Aztec emperors, Cortez, the Spanish Crown, the Mother Church and the mixing of the Spanish and Indian population into a mestizo culture. Krauze shows how history becomes biography during the century of caudillos from the insurgent priests in 1810 to Porfirio and the Revolution in 1910. The Revolutionary era, ending in 1940, was dominated by the lives of seven presidents -- Madero, Zapata, Villa, Carranza, Obregon, Calles and Cardenas. Since 1940, the dominant power of the presidency has continued through years of boom and bust and crisis. A major question for the modern state, with today's president Zedillo, is whether that power can be decentralized, to end the cycles of history as biographies of power.

The Life and Times of Alberto G. Garcia

Author : Brad Rockwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734485509
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Alberto G. Garcia written by Brad Rockwell and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of Dr. Alberto G. Garcia documents his unlikely life as a pioneering open-heart surgeon, Maderista in the Mexican Revolution, brave opponent to the Ku Klux Klan, pathbreaking journalist, civil rights activist, astrologer, yogi, siddha and father and grandfather to a remarkable family. This book offers a unique glimpse into the Mexican Revolution, the long and ongoing relationship between Mexico and Texas, and an array of occultists and saints and their antagonists in in 19th and early 20th Century Austin, Texas and Mexico.

Santa Anna of Mexico

Author : Will Fowler
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803226388
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Santa Anna of Mexico written by Will Fowler and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2009-10-25 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antonio L¢pez de Santa Anna (1794?1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country?s president, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant?the exclusive cause of all of Mexico?s misfortunes following the country?s independence from Spain. He is also, as this biography makes clear, grossly misrepresented. ø Will Fowler provides a revised picture of Santa Anna?s life, offering new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements. The Santa Anna who emerges from this book is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. His extraordinary story is that of a middle-class provincial criollo, a high-ranking officer, an arbitrator, a dedicated landowner, and a political leader who tried to prosper personally and help his country develop at a time of severe and repeated crises, as the colony that was New Spain gave way to a young, troubled, besieged, and beleaguered Mexican nation. ø ø

Mexico One Plate At A Time

Author : Rick Bayless
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 068484186X
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Mexico One Plate At A Time written by Rick Bayless and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000-10-25 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 120 recipes that includes classics as well as some original creations.

1492

Author : Homero Aridjis
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826330963
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book 1492 written by Homero Aridjis and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A best seller in Latin America in the 1980s, this novel of life in fifteenth-century Spain depicts a world in which both the Moors and the Jews are under attack. This is the formative period of the phenomenon known today as Crypto-Judaism, and Aridjis's widely praised book, now available for the first time in an American paperback edition, will find a broad audience among readers fascinated by this aspect of Jewish history. "In 1492, the Catholic rulers, Ferdinand and Isabella, expelled the Jews from Spain. In Homero Aridjis' novel, the great saga of the expulsion comes to life with both historical and poetic resonance. A great Mexican poet, Aridjis embraces history and fiction with the warmth and insight of the lyrical vision."--Carlos Fuentes "In this highly readable novel which deals with a special and painful chapter in history, Homero Aridjis combines erudition, sensitivity and poetic imagination. I recommend it warmly."--Elie Wiesel "A novel of literary subtlety and sensibility. Few contemporary writers have captured so profoundly and with such style this era marked by three essential events: the establishment of the Catholic sovereigns, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and the discovery of America."--El País (Madrid) "Among worldwide bestsellers, 1492 is the most similar to Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose; both are concerned with the trials of heretics and the violence employed against the dissident. Aridjis gives an encyclopedic vision of catastrophic times."--La Jornada (Mexico City)

Intervention!

Author : John S. D. Eisenhower
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393313185
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Intervention! written by John S. D. Eisenhower and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts President Woodrow Wilson's abortive efforts to preserve democracy in Mexico amid political chaos.

Mexico

Author : Harvey Stein
Publisher : Kehrer Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783868288483
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Mexico written by Harvey Stein and published by Kehrer Verlag. This book was released on 2018 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his masterful photo series Harvey Stein explores a country of incredible contrasts and contradictions.

First Stop in the New World

Author : David Lida
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440631646
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book First Stop in the New World written by David Lida and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive book on Mexico City: a vibrant, seductive, and paradoxical metropolis-the second-biggest city in the world, and a vision of our urban future. First Stop in the New World is a street-level panorama of Mexico City, the largest metropolis in the western hemisphere and the cultural capital of the Spanish-speaking world. Journalist David Lida expertly captures the kaleidoscopic nature of life in a city defined by pleasure and danger, ecstatic joy and appalling tragedy-hanging in limbo between the developed and underdeveloped worlds. With this literary-journalist account, he establishes himself as the ultimate chronicler of this bustling megalopolis at a key moment in its-and our-history.

The Mexico Reader

Author : Gilbert M. Joseph
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478022973
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Mexico Reader written by Gilbert M. Joseph and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexico Reader is a vivid and comprehensive guide to muchos Méxicos—the many varied histories and cultures of Mexico. Unparalleled in scope, it covers pre-Columbian times to the present, from the extraordinary power and influence of the Roman Catholic Church to Mexico’s uneven postrevolutionary modernization, from chronic economic and political instability to its rich cultural heritage. Bringing together over eighty selections that include poetry, folklore, photo essays, songs, political cartoons, memoirs, journalism, and scholarly writing, this volume highlights the voices of everyday Mexicans—indigenous peoples, artists, soldiers, priests, peasants, and workers. It also includes pieces by politicians and foreign diplomats; by literary giants Octavio Paz, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Carlos Fuentes; and by and about revolutionary leaders Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. This revised and updated edition features new selections that address twenty-first-century developments, including the rise of narcopolitics, the economic and personal costs of the United States’ mass deportation programs, the political activism of indigenous healers and manufacturing workers, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mexico Reader is an essential resource for travelers, students, and experts alike.

Emotions and Daily Life in Colonial Mexico

Author : Javier Villa-Flores
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826354637
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Emotions and Daily Life in Colonial Mexico written by Javier Villa-Flores and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of emotions is a new approach to social history, and this book is the first in English to systematically examine emotions in colonial Mexico. It is easy to assume that emotions are a given, unchanging aspect of human psychology. But the emotions we feel reflect the times in which we live. People express themselves within the norms and prescriptions particular to their society, their class, their ethnicity, and other factors. The essays collected here chart daily life through the study of sex and marriage, love, lust and jealousy, civic rituals and preaching, gambling and leisure, prayer and penance, and protest and rebellion. The first part of the book deals with how individuals experienced emotions on a personal level. The second group of essays explores the role of institutions in guiding and channeling the expression and the objects of emotions.

Life in Mexico

Author : Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520907019
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Life in Mexico written by Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1982-09-30 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1843, Fanny Calderon de la Barca, gives her spirited account of living in Mexico–from her travels with her husband through Mexico as the Spanish diplomat to the daily struggles with finding good help–Fanny gives the reader an enlivened picture of the life and times of a country still struggling with independence.