La Capital: The Biography of Mexico CityRandom House, 1988 - 640 σελίδες The 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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... capital was the Plaza Mayor and its surrounding government buildings and Cathedral . It became known as the " isle of curs " for the thousands of hungry dogs huddled there to escape the waters . Describing the inundation , a priest ...
... capital was the Plaza Mayor and its surrounding government buildings and Cathedral . It became known as the " isle of curs " for the thousands of hungry dogs huddled there to escape the waters . Describing the inundation , a priest ...
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... capital's most popular park after 1900 . Don Porfirio was convinced that he had made Mexico City a more tolerable place for all of its citizens , affluent and humble . He had favored the capital over the rest of the nation in terms of ...
... capital's most popular park after 1900 . Don Porfirio was convinced that he had made Mexico City a more tolerable place for all of its citizens , affluent and humble . He had favored the capital over the rest of the nation in terms of ...
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... capital decked out for a coronation . " For Luz Jiménez , an Indian woman in the village of Milpa Alta south of the capital , her most vivid memory of the local centennial celebration was a national government directive ordering parents ...
... capital decked out for a coronation . " For Luz Jiménez , an Indian woman in the village of Milpa Alta south of the capital , her most vivid memory of the local centennial celebration was a national government directive ordering parents ...
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Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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Alemán army Aztec became buildings cacique capital capital's Cárdenas Carranza century Church City's claimed clergy colonial Conquest conquistadores Cortés Cortés's Coyoacán creoles Crown decades Díaz del Castillo Diego economic elite encomiendas estates European father Félix Díaz forces foreign French gachupínes Guzmán hacienda hacienda owners Hidalgo Huerta Huitzilopochtli hundred Ibid Indian inhabitants Juárez king labor lake Lake Texcoco land lived Madero Maximilian merchants mestizos Mexican Mexico City military monarch Morelos Motecuhzoma murals National native Nezahualpilli Obregón palace peasants pesos plaza police political politicians poor population Porfirian Porfirio Porfirio Díaz president priests prisoners provinces pulque Quoted rebel religious Revolution revolutionary Rivera royal ruler rural Santa Anna silver social Spain Spaniards Spanish streets Tenochtitlán Teotihuacán Tepanecas Texcoco thousand Tlacaelel Tlatelolco Tlaxcalans Totonacs trade tribes tribute troops urban Valley of Mexico vassal Veracruz viceroy villages wealthy women workers World wrote Zapata Zócalo
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