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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How else to account for the greater financial demands being placed by the
Crown on its colony ? ... the enormous increase in the sale of bureaucratic
colonial posts during the century as a desperate measure to raise revenues for
the Crown .
How else to account for the greater financial demands being placed by the
Crown on its colony ? ... the enormous increase in the sale of bureaucratic
colonial posts during the century as a desperate measure to raise revenues for
the Crown .
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Between 1620 and 1670 , a half - dozen viceroys lost control of the colony in
these disputes . 72 The ... Gelves arrived in Mexico in 1621 with a royal mandate
to increase colonial revenues for the Crown and to suppress corruption . As soon
as ...
Between 1620 and 1670 , a half - dozen viceroys lost control of the colony in
these disputes . 72 The ... Gelves arrived in Mexico in 1621 with a royal mandate
to increase colonial revenues for the Crown and to suppress corruption . As soon
as ...
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Despite the increase in gachupines in the colonial government , there were still a
number of elite creoles who managed to obtain appointments as royal judges
and other ranking bureaucratic posts . Wealthy families cemented their ties with ...
Despite the increase in gachupines in the colonial government , there were still a
number of elite creoles who managed to obtain appointments as royal judges
and other ranking bureaucratic posts . Wealthy families cemented their ties with ...
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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
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Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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