The Life and Times of Mexico
Title | The Life and Times of Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Earl Shorris |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 801 |
Release | 2012-01-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 039334374X |
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.
Life in Mexico
Title | Life in Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Madame Frances Calderón de la Barca |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 557 |
Release | 1982-09-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0520907019 |
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.
Mexico
Title | Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Harvey Stein |
Publisher | Kehrer Verlag |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2018 |
Genre | Mexico |
ISBN | 9783868288483 |
In his masterful photo series Harvey Stein explores a country of incredible contrasts and contradictions.
Manana Forever?
Title | Manana Forever? PDF eBook |
Author | Jorge G. Castañeda |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 321 |
Release | 2012-04-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0375703942 |
In this shrewd and fascinating book, the renowned scholar and former foreign minister Jorge Castañeda sheds much light on the puzzling paradoxes of politics and culture of modern Mexico. Here’s a nation of 110 million that has an ambivalent and complicated relationship with the United States yet is host to more American expatriates than any country in the world. Its people tend to resent foreigners yet have made the nation a hugely popular tourist destination. Mexican individualism and individual ties to the land reflect a desire to conserve the past and slow the route to uncertain modernity. Castañeda examines the future possibilities for Mexico as it becomes more diverse in its regional identities, socially more homogenous, its character and culture the instruments of change rather than sources of stagnation, its political system more open and democratic. Mañana Forever? is a compelling portrait of a nation at a crossroads.
Life in Mexico
Title | Life in Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Madame Calderón de la Barca (Frances Erskine Inglis) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 582 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN |
Life in Mexico during a residence of two years in that country
Title | Life in Mexico during a residence of two years in that country PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Erskine Inglis Calderón de la Barca |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 1843 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Life and Labor on the Border
Title | Life and Labor on the Border PDF eBook |
Author | Josiah McConnell Heyman |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780816512256 |
Traces the development over the past hundred years of the urban working class in northern Sonora. Drawing on an extensive collection of life histories, Heyman describes what has happened to families over several generations as people left the countryside to work for American-owned companies in northern Sonora or to cross the border to find other employment.