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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During their first twenty thousand years in the Americas , these inhabitants
remained hunters and gatherers of wild plants as they fanned out southward in
search of game . They lived in bands of twenty to fifty people , clashing with
adversaries ...
During their first twenty thousand years in the Americas , these inhabitants
remained hunters and gatherers of wild plants as they fanned out southward in
search of game . They lived in bands of twenty to fifty people , clashing with
adversaries ...
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The same missionaries who cited the remarkable numbers of native baptisms
gave testimony of equally dramatic statistics of Indian deaths . Father Bernardino
de Sahagún personally buried more than ten thousand Indians of the Tlatelolco ...
The same missionaries who cited the remarkable numbers of native baptisms
gave testimony of equally dramatic statistics of Indian deaths . Father Bernardino
de Sahagún personally buried more than ten thousand Indians of the Tlatelolco ...
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The army and militia in Mexico had grown spectacularly , from less than thirty
thousand troops in 1810 on the eve of the insurgency to more than eighty - five
thousand by 1821 . For the most part , they were commanded by creoles who ,
like ...
The army and militia in Mexico had grown spectacularly , from less than thirty
thousand troops in 1810 on the eve of the insurgency to more than eighty - five
thousand by 1821 . For the most part , they were commanded by creoles who ,
like ...
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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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