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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Σελίδα 101
... monarch . Motecuhzoma was bewildered . Through his en- voys , he upbraided Cortés for fomenting treason among his vassals and encouraging them not to pay tribute . Cortés told Motecuhzoma that he had no choice because the monarch had ...
... monarch . Motecuhzoma was bewildered . Through his en- voys , he upbraided Cortés for fomenting treason among his vassals and encouraging them not to pay tribute . Cortés told Motecuhzoma that he had no choice because the monarch had ...
Σελίδα 127
... monarch , the remainder was distributed to his men . Each cavalryman received the equivalent of 80 pesos , and each foot soldier 50 or 60 pesos - a pittance , an outrage for men who had suffered every ordeal ! 2 The Spaniards returned ...
... monarch , the remainder was distributed to his men . Each cavalryman received the equivalent of 80 pesos , and each foot soldier 50 or 60 pesos - a pittance , an outrage for men who had suffered every ordeal ! 2 The Spaniards returned ...
Σελίδα 134
... monarch tempered his joy with distrust of this daring , independent warrior . The Revolt of the Co- muneros had not yet been quelled , and Cortés's insubordination - no matter how extraordinarily beneficial it might prove to the Crown ...
... monarch tempered his joy with distrust of this daring , independent warrior . The Revolt of the Co- muneros had not yet been quelled , and Cortés's insubordination - no matter how extraordinarily beneficial it might prove to the Crown ...
Περιεχόμενα
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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