Michael - Mexico 1

Step into the heart of Mesoamerican myth and legend with The Illustrated Popol Vuh, a vivid retelling of the sacred narrative of the K'iche' Maya. Known as the "Book of the People," the Popol Vuh pr……続きを見る

The Valley of Oaxaca was unified under the rule of Monte Albán until its collapse around AD 800. Using findings from John Paddock’s long-term excavations at Lambityeco from 1961 to 1976, Michael Lin……続きを見る

Exploring the sexual lives of the poor and working class in turn-of-the-century Mexico This social history explores the romantic and sexual lives of the poor and working class in Mexico City during ……続きを見る

Long overshadowed by the American Civil War, the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) has received significantly less attention from historians partly because of its questionable origin and controversia……続きを見る

Maize is the world’s most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by some catastrophe maize were to disappear from our food……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

What a century of border films teaches about the real and imagined worlds of the US-Mexico borderlandsーand how this understanding helps build better relations across boundaries. Border Witness is a……続きを見る

Con motivo de la doble conmemoración de 1810 y 1910, Christopher Domínguez Michael entrevistó –para la revista Letras Libres y la serie de televisión La Conquista– a algunos de los más importantes e……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

In late nineteenth-century Mexico the Mexican populace was fascinated with the country’s booming railroad network. Newspapers and periodicals were filled with art, poetry, literature, and social com……続きを見る

Maize is the world’s most productive food and industrial crop, grown in more than 160 countries and on every continent except Antarctica. If by some catastrophe maize were to disappear from our food……続きを見る

A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.DMexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of ……続きを見る

In Routes of Compromise Michael K. Bess studies the social, economic, and political implications of road building and state formation in Mexico through a comparative analysis of Nuevo León and Verac……続きを見る

Amazon #1 best seller. Two of the most important cities in North America are so physically close they would touch were they not separated by a wall at the US-Mexico border. That border has been a fl……続きを見る

Esta obra empieza antes de la Independencia, en 1805, con la fundación del Diario de México, y culmina en 1913, cuando la mayoría de los escritores modernistas respaldaron el cuartelazo de Victorian……続きを見る

Since the early twentieth century, thousands of Mexican Americans have lived, worked, and formed communities in Chicago’s steel mill neighborhoods. Drawing on individual stories and oral histories, ……続きを見る

Mexico City assumed its current character around the turn of the twentieth century, during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911). In those years, wealthy Mexicans moved away from the Zócalo,……続きを見る

The languages of two hemispheres collided when Spain conquered Mexico, and as a result, a dynamic expression of visual and dramatic arts emerged. Mural painting and missionary theater quickly became……続きを見る

This book by a noted Ph.D. historian is one of the best books available about historical relations between the United States and Mexico. It shines new light on reasons for the US invasion of Mexico ……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 Oxford History of Mexico is a narrative history of the events, institutions and characters that have shaped Mexican history from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. When th……続きを見る