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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... poor lived far removed from the tree - lined boulevards , graceful public buildings , and lavish mansions of the central district . Their stick , straw , and adobe shacks were clustered in muddy alleys , and surrounded by rubbish ...
... poor lived far removed from the tree - lined boulevards , graceful public buildings , and lavish mansions of the central district . Their stick , straw , and adobe shacks were clustered in muddy alleys , and surrounded by rubbish ...
Σελίδα 281
... poor who bore the brunt of famine and disease . But the attitude of the creoles and gachupines was more sympathetic than during previous epidemics . There were few , if any , comments this time by the white elite blaming the slovenly ...
... poor who bore the brunt of famine and disease . But the attitude of the creoles and gachupines was more sympathetic than during previous epidemics . There were few , if any , comments this time by the white elite blaming the slovenly ...
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... poor . Laws were passed that gave voting rights only to people earning more than 200 pesos a year . Little wonder , then , that in time the poor even failed to respond to patriotic calls in defense of the country . A liberal politician ...
... poor . Laws were passed that gave voting rights only to people earning more than 200 pesos a year . Little wonder , then , that in time the poor even failed to respond to patriotic calls in defense of the country . A liberal politician ...
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Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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