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. |
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Lowest lying of the Valley of Mexico ' s five interconnecting lakes , Texcoco posed
a frequent flood threat for Tenochtitlán in the rainy season when the other water
bodies drained into it . A major catastrophe occurred in 1449 , during the rule of ...
Lowest lying of the Valley of Mexico ' s five interconnecting lakes , Texcoco posed
a frequent flood threat for Tenochtitlán in the rainy season when the other water
bodies drained into it . A major catastrophe occurred in 1449 , during the rule of ...
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enemy chieftains were secretly invited to Tenochtitlán to witness the sacrifice of
their own warriors and eat their flesh in the banquets that followed . They
observed the executions to Huitzilopochtli while hiding behind a screen of roses
and thus ...
enemy chieftains were secretly invited to Tenochtitlán to witness the sacrifice of
their own warriors and eat their flesh in the banquets that followed . They
observed the executions to Huitzilopochtli while hiding behind a screen of roses
and thus ...
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Not surprisingly , he claimed for himself the largest tributary zones by
farenormous expanses of Indian lands and communities around Tenochtitlán and
extending into the distant south . Only a minority of the conquistadores received
what they ...
Not surprisingly , he claimed for himself the largest tributary zones by
farenormous expanses of Indian lands and communities around Tenochtitlán and
extending into the distant south . Only a minority of the conquistadores received
what they ...
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La capital: the biography of Mexico City
Κριτική χρηστών - Not Available - Book VerdictKandell, former Latin American correspondent for the New York Times and a native of Mexico City, has written a magnificent 700-year history of the first big city of the new world, today its largest ... Ανάγνωση ολόκληρης της κριτικής
Περιεχόμενα
Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 11 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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Πληροφορίες βιβλιογραφίας
| Τίτλος | La Capital: The Biography of Mexico City |
| Συγγραφέας | Jonathan Kandell |
| Έκδοση | εικονογραφημένη |
| Εκδότης | Random House, 1988 |
| Πρωτότυπο από | το Πανεπιστήμιο του Μίτσιγκαν |
| Ψηφιοποιήθηκε στις | 25 Σεπτ. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394540697, 9780394540696 |
| Μέγεθος | 640 σελίδες |
| Εξαγωγή αναφοράς | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |