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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... thousand Aztec warriors had gathered a short distance from the city , and would strike as soon as the Cholulans attacked the Spaniards . Cortés ordered his men to seize and interrogate a Cholulan priest , who confirmed the story ...
... thousand Aztec warriors had gathered a short distance from the city , and would strike as soon as the Cholulans attacked the Spaniards . Cortés ordered his men to seize and interrogate a Cholulan priest , who confirmed the story ...
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... 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 himself , were dissatisfied with the rewards they had received from Spain ...
... 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 himself , were dissatisfied with the rewards they had received from Spain ...
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... thousand miles of track had been laid , much of it spanning deep ravines and rugged terrain once considered impassable . So thoroughly was Mexico blanketed by rail- that less than two thousand miles of track have been added to the ...
... thousand miles of track had been laid , much of it spanning deep ravines and rugged terrain once considered impassable . So thoroughly was Mexico blanketed by rail- that less than two thousand miles of track have been added to the ...
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Prologue | 3 |
The Valley and Its First Inhabitants | 9 |
The Cannibal Empire | 26 |
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