Mexico category: 1477 books
Measuring Up
A History of Living Standards in Mexico, 1850–1950
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Measuring Up traces the high levels of poverty and inequality that Mexico faced in the mid-twentieth century. Using newly developed multidisciplinary techniques, the book provides a perspective on living standards in Mexico prior to the first measurement of income distribution in 1957. By offering...
by Linda Lowery
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
A spirited young girl must travel far from home to finally find herself.
Mexico is a long way from Kalamazoo—and not just in terms of miles. Almost-thirteen-year-old Hayley Flynn is spending six months with her eccentric grandmother in the rural mountain town of San Miguel while her recently separated...
by Sergio López Ramos
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
History of the Air and Other Smells is a text that puts in discussion the relationship with the Earth and the participation of human beings, the implications on the health of the people of the past and present in Mexico City; however, it is a large mirror for any megalopolis without a plan. Begin...
Tortillas
A Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
“The ordinary tortilla was an extraordinary bond between the human and divine. . . . From birthdays to religious ceremonies, the people of Mesoamerica commemorated important events with tortillas. One Maya tribe even buried their dead with tortillas so that the dogs eaten as dinner during life would...
Medicine on the Periphery
Public Health in Yucatán, Mexico, 1870–1960
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Medicine on the Periphery examines the history of the public health of Yucatán, Mexico, from the 1870s through 1960. This book includes chapters on institutions, healers, changing patterns of disease, the biomedicalization of Yucatán, and the relationship between Yucatán and the Mexican Revolutionary...
Land, Livelihood, and Civility in Southern Mexico
Oaxaca Valley Communities in History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
In the Valley of Oaxaca in Mexico's Southern Highland region, three facets of sociocultural life have been interconnected and interactive from colonial times to the present: first, community land as a space to live and work; second, a civil-religious system managed by reciprocity and market activity...
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Iconic Mexico: An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo [2 volumes]
An Encyclopedia from Acapulco to Zócalo
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Going far beyond basic historical information, this two-volume work examines the deep roots of Mexican culture and their meaning to modern Mexico.
• Provides novel interpretations into well-established elements of Mexican history, politics, and culture
• Supplies reference material...
The Road to El Cielo
Mexico's Forest in the Clouds
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
Hidden high in the Sierra de Guatemala mountain range of northeastern Mexico in the state of Tamaulipas is the northernmost tropical cloud forest of the Western Hemisphere. Within its humid oak-sweetgum woodlands, tropical and temperate species of plants and animals mingle in rare diversity, creating...
Moon Baja
Tijuana to Los Cabos
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2020
Wild ocean, rugged desert mountains, and a wealth of culinary delights: Immerse yourself in this colorful peninsula with Moon Baja. Inside you'll find:
Strategic itineraries for road-trippers, foodies, ocean adventurers, and more, whether you're spending four days or three weeks in Baja
The top...
Moon Los Cabos
With La Paz & Todos Santos
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2019
Los Cabos is synonymous with luxury and relaxation, but the best of Baja starts just beyond the resorts. Dive into the real Mexico with Moon Los Cabos. Inside you'll find:
Flexible itineraries, from four days of waves, tacos, and sunshine to a road trip through Baja Sur, along with the best beaches...
by Edward Beatty
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
In the late nineteenth century, Mexican citizens quickly adopted new technologies imported from abroad to sew cloth, manufacture glass bottles, refine minerals, and provide many goods and services. Rapid technological change supported economic growth and also brought cultural change and social dislocation.
Drawing...
by Tomie dePaola
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
A gorgeously depicted story of the Lady of Guadalupe and her love for the people of Mexico
In stunning words and images, Tomie dePaola renders the beautiful story of the Mother of God appearing to an indigenous man in Mexico to teach true peace to the native people. In these visitations, the...
The Codex Borgia
A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013
Considered by many scholars the finest extant Mexican codex and one of the most important original sources for the study of pre-Columbian religion, the Codex Borgia is a work of profound beauty, filled with strange and evocative images related to calendrical, cosmological, ritual, and divinatory matters....
Mezcal
The History, Craft & Cocktails of the World's Ultimate Artisanal Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
NOMINATED FOR THE 2018 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARD IN BEVERAGES!
Emma Janzen is your guide to the bartender's best kept secret, the spirit everyone has been missing out on and it's called Mezcal. See what sets this cousin of tequila apart from the rest of the pack.
Produced in Mexico...