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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Only slightly more than 1 percent of Mexico City ' s middle - class families owned
their homes , while the rest rented their quarters from wealthy real estate holders
or the Church , the greatest landlord in the capital . 92 There were few distinctly ...
Only slightly more than 1 percent of Mexico City ' s middle - class families owned
their homes , while the rest rented their quarters from wealthy real estate holders
or the Church , the greatest landlord in the capital . 92 There were few distinctly ...
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Gabriel de Yermo , a wealthy merchant and agriculturalist , owed 400 , 000 pesos
, and the Marquis de Aguayo , the greatest hacienda owner in the colony , had to
surrender more than 450 , 000 pesos . 2 The very rich , of course , could ...
Gabriel de Yermo , a wealthy merchant and agriculturalist , owed 400 , 000 pesos
, and the Marquis de Aguayo , the greatest hacienda owner in the colony , had to
surrender more than 450 , 000 pesos . 2 The very rich , of course , could ...
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But because of its cheap prices , the Volador market was favored by every class .
For the wealthy , who had servants to purchase household necessities ,
midmorning was a time to enjoy the Alameda Park , just a few blocks west of the
Zócalo .
But because of its cheap prices , the Volador market was favored by every class .
For the wealthy , who had servants to purchase household necessities ,
midmorning was a time to enjoy the Alameda Park , just a few blocks west of the
Zócalo .
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La capital: the biography of Mexico City
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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 |