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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... hacienda . But even with all these advantages , he left his widow saddled with a huge debt of 63,511 pesos on the Chalco estate . Guerrero's son - in - law then took over the hacienda , but was never able to make any profits and gave up ...
... hacienda . But even with all these advantages , he left his widow saddled with a huge debt of 63,511 pesos on the Chalco estate . Guerrero's son - in - law then took over the hacienda , but was never able to make any profits and gave up ...
Σελίδα 398
... hacienda . His family prayed at the estate church , and was attended by doctors employed by the owner . The average daily wage of 35 centavos — about one fifteenth the income of an agricultural worker in the United States — was the same ...
... hacienda . His family prayed at the estate church , and was attended by doctors employed by the owner . The average daily wage of 35 centavos — about one fifteenth the income of an agricultural worker in the United States — was the same ...
Σελίδα 399
... hacienda owners visited their estates so infrequently - once or twice a year — that such occasions were declared holidays for the peons : All would be waiting , the children freshly scrubbed , their mothers adorned with pitiful ribbons ...
... hacienda owners visited their estates so infrequently - once or twice a year — that such occasions were declared holidays for the peons : All would be waiting , the children freshly scrubbed , their mothers adorned with pitiful ribbons ...
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Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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