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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... million people , about six times the population of the city in my early childhood . In less than a generation , it will inexorably have more than thirty million inhabit- ants - four times as many people as live in New York . By what ...
... million people , about six times the population of the city in my early childhood . In less than a generation , it will inexorably have more than thirty million inhabit- ants - four times as many people as live in New York . By what ...
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... million years ago , the mounds building upon the sea floor raised themselves above the water's surface . And still the explosions contin- ued . The sea across central Mexico gave way to a thick volcanic range that tapered out as it ...
... million years ago , the mounds building upon the sea floor raised themselves above the water's surface . And still the explosions contin- ued . The sea across central Mexico gave way to a thick volcanic range that tapered out as it ...
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... million pesos in 1700 to 13.5 million pesos in 1750 , and to 27 million pesos by 1804.8 Toward the end of the colonial era , Mexico accounted for two thirds of the silver produced in the Spanish empire and half of the world's supplies ...
... million pesos in 1700 to 13.5 million pesos in 1750 , and to 27 million pesos by 1804.8 Toward the end of the colonial era , Mexico accounted for two thirds of the silver produced in the Spanish empire and half of the world's supplies ...
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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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