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Octavio Paz
[Paperback 2008]
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Winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature, this is Mexican poet and essayist Octavio Paz's analysis of his country's history and psyche and of United States-Mexican relations. This enlarged edition of "The Labyrinth of Solitude" contains the new texts that complete the book and bring it up to date.... more
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Ed Vulliamy
[Paperback 2011]
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"Amexica" is the harrowing story of the extraordinary terror unfolding along the U.S.-Mexico border--"a country in its own right, which belongs to both the United States and Mexico, yet neither"--as the narco-war escalates to a fever pitch there. "Amexica" is the harrowing story of the extraordinary terror unfolding along the... more
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Juana Vazquez Gomez
[Hardcover 1997]
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This user-friendly reference dictionary provides a quick guide to those who have governed Mexico from 1325 to 1997. It covers all rulers from the Aztec Empire to the current president, Ernesto Zedillo. The book provides an objective portrait of the political leadership and describes the circumstances surrounding major events. Arranged... more
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By
Jon C Lohse ,
Jr Fred Valdez
[Hardcover 2004]
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"This is a landmark volume that begins to fill a longstanding and critical gap in our understanding of the ancient Maya.... [It] will serve as an essential work for students and professional scholars alike to begin to correct the prevalent emphasis on the elite Maya." -- Robert J. Sharer, Shoemaker... more
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David L Carrasco
[Paperback 2000]
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Jan Rus
[Paperback 2003]
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The Maya Indian peoples of Chiapas had been mobilizing politically for years before the Zapatista rebellion that brought them to international attention. This authoritative volume explores the different ways that Indians across Chiapas have carved out autonomous cultural and political spaces in their diverse communities and regions. Offering a consistent... more
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Alan Knight
[Paperback 2002]
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Mexico is a three volume general history of Mexico, comprising (I) the PreConquest period to 1521, (II) the Colonial period from 1521 to 1821, and (III, forthcoming) the National period from 1821-present. These books give a comprehensive narrative and analysis of Mexican history, focusing especially on political, economic, and social... more
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Boye Lafayette De Mente ,
Richard De Neufville ,
Souza Chris De
[Hardcover 1996]
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Mihalis Mentinis
[Paperback 2006]
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Carlos Castaneda
[Paperback 2001]
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Originally published: Los Angeles, CA: LA Eidolona Press, 1998.... more
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Peter Shaw
[Paperback 2008]
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Matthew Restall
[Hardcover 2009]
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"The Black Middle" is the first full-length study of black African slaves and other people of African descent in the Spanish colonial province of Yucatan, which is today part of southern Mexico. The study is based on Spanish and Maya-language documents fr... more
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Domingo Chimalpahin ,
Arthur J Anderson ,
Susan Schroeder
[Hardcover 1997]
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The seventeenth-century Nahua, or Aztec, historian Chimalpahin made an extraordinary contribution to the historiography of preconquest and early colonial Mexico, but his work has been little known or studied owing to the inaccessibility of its Nahuatl-lan... more
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Christopher Hardaker ,
Charles Naeser
[Hardcover 2007]
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Forty years ago, an amateur historian discovered an engraved mastodon bone near Mexico City, showing a virtual bestiary from the Ice Age. Harvard University took notice and excavated nearby sites around the Valsequillo Reservoir. They found perfectly buri... more
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Stephanie J Smith
[Paperback 2009]
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The state of Yucatan is commonly considered to have been a hotbed of radical feminism during the Mexican Revolution. Challenging this romanticized view, Stephanie Smith examines the revolutionary reforms designed to break women's ties to tradition and rel The state of Yucatan is commonly considered to have been a hotbed... more
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Linda A Newson ,
John P King
[Paperback 2009]
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These essays celebrate Mexico City as a centre of cultural creativity, diversity and dynamism, trace its history from the founding of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan to the present day, and explore how the varied experiences of its inhabitants have been re... more
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Alison Rattle ,
Allison Vale
[Hardbound 2009]
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The perfect refresher for all the things readers learned in school but may have forgotten since. In concise, highly readable chapters, "Remember the Alamo" tells the story of a nation with a passion and a gift for making history to this day.... more
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Claire Brewster
[Hardcover 2005]
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Regarded as among modern Mexico's foremost creative writers, Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes, Carlos Monsivais, and Elena Poniatowska are also esteemed as analyzers of society, critics of public officials, and both molders and mirrors of public opinion. This... more
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John Mason Hart
[Paperback 1997, 10th Edition]
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This reinterpretation of the Mexican Revolution, based on new evidence obtained in Mexican and American archives and on the historical literature of recent years, is a major and original contribution to our understanding of Mexican history. This acclai... more
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Daniel Alarcon ,
Daniel Cooper Alarcon
[Paperback 1997]
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Shows how the idea of "Mexicanness" is the product of competing yet interwoven discourses -- Chicano rhetoric, English-language literature about Mexico, and Mexican tourist propaganda -- that have produced sometimes contradictory descriptions. Shows how the idea of "Mexicanness" is the product of competing yet interwoven discourses -- Chicano rhetoric, English-language... more
