La Capital: The Biography of Mexico CityThe history of Mexico City is a sweeping, dramatic saga of individuals confronting victory and defeat, opulence and misery, euphoria and catastrophe. A colorful panorama, told by a Latin American correspondent of the New York Times. 16 pages of photos. |
Contents
Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Crisis mexicana de los noventa y la esperanza del nuevo milenio Andres Oppenheimer No preview available - 2002 |
Aztecs, Moors, and Christians: Festivals of Reconquest in Mexico and Spain Max Harris Limited preview - 2000 |