C - Mexico 1

As the birthplace of maize and a celebrated culinary destination, Mexico stands at the crossroads of gastronomic richness and stark social disparities. In México Between Feast and Famine Enrique C. ……続きを見る

In the 1930s and 1940s, rural reformers in the United States and Mexico waged unprecedented campaigns to remake their countrysides in the name of agrarian justice and agricultural productivity. Agra……続きを見る

"William C. Davis's Three Roads to the Alamo is far and away the best account of the Alamo I have ever read. The portraits of Crockett, Bowie, and Travis are brilliantly sketched in a fast-moving st……続きを見る

William Alexander Anderson "Bigfoot" Wallace (April 3, 1817 – January 7, 1899) was a famous Texas Ranger who took part in many of the military conflicts of the Republic of Texas and the United State……続きを見る

En este libro, los autores examinan, desde diferentes aspectos teóricos y metodológicos, algunos temas de investigación social, histórica y cultural sobre el Estado de México. Por su carácter multid……続きを見る

The history of a dictatorship’s demiseーand the many power struggles that followed on the rocky road to democracy in early twentieth-century Mexico. The Mexican Revolution is one of the most importa……続きを見る

In this account of the naval aspect of Hernando Cortés's invasion of the Aztec Empire, C. Harvey Gardiner has added another dimension to the drama of Spanish conquest of the New World and to Cortés ……続きを見る

“The seven years with which this book concerns itself . . . must be thoroughly examined if one is to have a grasp of modern Mexican history.” ーMilitary History of Texas and the Southwest The years ……続きを見る

An “eminently readable account” of this ancient Mesoamerican civilizationーand the experiences of the archaeologists who have unearthed its history (Choice). The Olmecs are renowned for their massiv……続きを見る

This cultural and historical geography of Sonora explores the region’s dual personalityーwith modern life existing alongside its colonial past. A land where some streams ran with gold. A landscape n……続きを見る

This book offers answers to essential questions about the border between the United States and Mexico and connected issues that are accessible to readers interested in immigration, border security, ……続きを見る

The drug wars of Mexico are not receiving accurate and truthful exposure in the American press. The American people are being spoon fed by an incompetent and untruthful cadre of brueaucrats who woul……続きを見る

For decades, Mexico has been one of the world’s top non-OPEC oil exporters, but since the 2004 peak and subsequent decline of the massive offshore oilfieldーCantarellーthe prospects for the country ……続きを見る

Between 1926 and 1929, thousands of Mexicans fought and died in an attempt to overthrow the government of their country. They were the Cristeros, so called because of their battle cry, ¡Viva Cristo ……続きを見る

The debate over restricting the number of Mexican immigrants to the United States began early in the twentieth century, a time when U.S.-Mexican relations were still tenuous following the Mexican Re……続きを見る

Who was the “Mysterious Sofía,” whose letter in November 1934 was sent from Washington DC to Mexico City and intercepted by the Mexican Secret Service? In The Mysterious Sofía Stephen J. C. Andes us……続きを見る

In this study of the life of a Spaniard who came to Mexico as a conquistador and remained as a civilian citizen of New Spain, C. Harvey Gardiner gives his readers a fresh view of the warfare between……続きを見る

When countries become more democratic, new opportunities arise for individuals and groups to participate in politics and influence the making of policy. But democratization does not ensure better re……続きを見る

On December 19, 1554, the members of Tenochtitlan’s indigenous cabildo, or city council, petitioned Emperor Charles V of Spain for administrative changes “to save us from any Spaniard, mestizo, blac……続きを見る

Historians have traditionally approached North America through the lens of the nation-state rather than from a continental perspective. While acknowledging that the geographic vastness and historica……続きを見る

The first reference work of its kind, this volume on the United States-Mexican War encompasses the decade of the 1840s, focusing on the war years of 1846-1848. More than a dozen maps were drawn for ……続きを見る

This book investigates the Casa de Montejo and considers the role of the building’s Plateresque façade as a form of visual rhetoric that conveyed ideas about the individual and communal cultural ide……続きを見る

Rural Revolt in Mexico is a historical investigation of how subaltern political activity engages imperialism, capitalism, and the United States. In this volume, Daniel Nugent has gathered a group of……続きを見る

There are blocks of buildings where every space is occupied by a saloon. Men and women line up indiscriminately at the bars, drink their drinks, smoke their cigarettes, and solemnly discuss the situ……続きを見る

No visitor to Mexico can fail to recognize the omnipresence of street vendors, selling products ranging from fruits and vegetables to prepared food and clothes. The vendors compose a large part of t……続きを見る

This text focuses on U.S. relations with Latin America from the advent of the New Diplomacy late in the nineteenth century to the present. Providing a balanced perspective, it presents both the Unit……続きを見る

Well-researched analysis of the impact that Spain and Spanish America had on antebellum literature in the United States. In Hispanicism and Early US Literature, author John C. Havard posits that rep……続きを見る

In this study of the life of a Spaniard who came to Mexico as a conquistador and remained as a civilian citizen of New Spain, C. Harvey Gardiner gives his readers a fresh view of the warfare between……続きを見る

Las caballerías de la Revolución narra la vida y las campañas militares del general revolucionario mexicano Rafael Buelna, Buelnita, quien comenzó como activista estudiantil en la Universidad de Sin……続きを見る

Breve historia de la guerra con Estados Unidos ofrece, al estilo de los historiadores de la antigüedad clásica, una relación pormenorizada de las intrigas políticas, los enredos diplomáticos y las b……続きを見る