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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The most powerful tribes in the Valley of Mexico were all governed by strong
monarchies , and a more centralized rule seemed inevitable for the Aztecs as
well . To forestall the kind of internal rivalries that had led to the creation of a
renegade ...
The most powerful tribes in the Valley of Mexico were all governed by strong
monarchies , and a more centralized rule seemed inevitable for the Aztecs as
well . To forestall the kind of internal rivalries that had led to the creation of a
renegade ...
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24 Motecuhzoma ' s capitulation seemed complete . He even pleaded with
Cortés not to pay heed to the exaggerations voiced about him and his city by
enemy tribes : “ I . . . know that they have told you the walls of my houses are
made of gold ...
24 Motecuhzoma ' s capitulation seemed complete . He even pleaded with
Cortés not to pay heed to the exaggerations voiced about him and his city by
enemy tribes : “ I . . . know that they have told you the walls of my houses are
made of gold ...
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The dilemma seemed beyond solution even for a man as enormously resourceful
as Cortés . To remain with his conquistadores in Tenochtitlán was folly . It would
give Narváez time to consolidate his hold over Cortés ' s Indian allies and ...
The dilemma seemed beyond solution even for a man as enormously resourceful
as Cortés . To remain with his conquistadores in Tenochtitlán was folly . It would
give Narváez time to consolidate his hold over Cortés ' s Indian allies and ...
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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 |