Mexico category: 1477 books
by Deborah Susan Frisch
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
René Colato Lainez, award-winning Latino author of more than seven books for young people, says, " 'A Mango for the Teacher' is a memoir of dreams, hopes and learning. 'A Mango' is a "manjar" (a delicious dish) for teachers, students and readers of all ages."
In the words of Lucille...
The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes the Conqueror of Mexico
Addressed to the Emperor Charles V. Written During the Conquest, and Containing a Narrative of Events
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
The Dispatches of Hernan Cortes, or the 'Cartas de Relacion', are several extraordinary documents written by the great Conquistador himself, explaining his actions in the remarkable conquest of Mexico directly to the Emperor Charles V of Spain. Not since Julius Caesar documented his own Conquest...
by William H. Prescott
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
The story of the fall of the Mexica/Aztec civilisation in Mexico is one of the most astonishing episodes ever to occur in history; and in the skilful hands of William H. Prescott, one of America's greatest historians, it takes on a thrilling new dimension. Richly filled with detail, Prescott intricately...
by Bernal Diaz Del Castillo
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
First published in 1928.
'Something more than an historical document of the first importance...his narrative is so readable that one's interest and admiration are equally divided between the stupendous events he records and the charming revelations of his own character.' Saturday Review.
Four eye-witnesses...
Romance of History, Mexico(1909)
(Colour Illustrations)
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Romance of History, Mexico(1909) is the timeless historical story written by Margaret Duncan Coxhead and illustrated in colour by J. H. Robinson, published by New York Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers ( 1909 ).
…..All ages have their pervading spirit. In the fifteenth...
Portrait of a Young Painter
Pepe Zuniga and Mexico City's Rebel Generation
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2015
In Portrait of a Young Painter, the distinguished historian Mary Kay Vaughan adopts a biographical approach to understanding the culture surrounding the Mexico City youth rebellion of the 1960s. Her chronicle of the life of painter Pepe Zúñiga counters a literature that portrays post-1940 Mexican...
Art and Social Movements
Cultural Politics in Mexico and Aztlán
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Art and Social Movements offers a comparative, cross-border analysis of the role of visual artists in three social movements from the late 1960s through the early 1990s: the 1968 student movement and related activist art collectives in Mexico City, a Zapotec indigenous struggle in Oaxaca, and the...
Legends of the Plumed Serpent
Biography of a Mexican God
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Meticulously pieced together from personal experiences that come with years of travel, an extensive knowledge of the historic and scholarly works, and a deep appreciation of Latin American art and culture—both ancient and modern—critically-acclaimed biographer Neil Baldwin has created...
The Dangerous Divide
Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
How do we balance border security and America’s need for a vital workforce while continuing to provide access to the American dream? Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States has steadily ramped up security along the U.S.-Mexico border, transforming America’s legendary Southwest into a frontier...
by Frank C. Newby
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
The drug wars of Mexico are not receiving accurate and truthful exposure in the American press. The American people are being spoon fed by an incompetent and untruthful cadre of brueaucrats who would rather be re-elected than be honest. The illegal immigration is being used to coverup the real problems...
by Vic Kirby
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
This book is for anyone who has ever thought, even fleetingly, of making a life as a “snowbird”, or even as a full-time resident, in the warm climes of Mexico. Just what is it like to make that dramatic step? What is the reality of the dream? What should I know before I take steps to make it real, or decide it’s just not for me?
Distant Neighbors
A Portrait of the Mexicans
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
A study of Mexico - political, social, cultural, economic - by a journalist who was for the past 6 years the NYT bureau chief in Mexico City. With portraits of Mexico's top leaders, about a nation whose stability is vital to our national well-being.
A New Hope For Mexico
Saying No to Corruption, Violence, and Trump's Wall
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2018
“THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS WE CAN’T ADDRESS . . . WHOEVER MAY OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE.”
“I’m not going to limit myself to condemning corruption and calling for its eradication; I also want to set out . . . a new politics, a different economic model, and the strengthening of cultural, moral,...
Forsaken Harvest
Haciendas and Agrarian Reform in Jalisco, Mexico: 1915-1940
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
This historical monograph examines the decline of the hacienda estates within Jalisco, Mexico during the early decades of the 20th century. The book also explores the impact of the land reform program of President Lazaro Cardenas in transforming the agrarian economic structure of the region. This...