Mexico category: 1477 books
Maximilian and Carlota
Europe's Last Empire in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
In this new telling of Mexico’s Second Empire and Louis Napoléon’s installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life.From 1861 to...
Through the Eyes of the Soul
Mexico City, Mixquic & Morelos
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2013
In this publication, interested individuals can find a comprehensive collection of photo essays on the multi-faceted celebration of All Souls Day in Mexico. Award-winning Photojournalist Mary J. Andrade has published the third of a five-part bilingual series of books titled: “Through the...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The escalation of violence between rival drug cartels, street gangs, and the government within Mexico has created concern in both Mexico and the United States. The fluid situation surrounding...
Treacherous Passage
Germany's Secret Plot against the United States in Mexico during World War I
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
While the Great War raged across the trench-lined battlefields of Europe, a hidden conflict took place in the distant hinterlands of the turbulent Mexican Republic. German officials and secret-service operatives plotted to bring war to the United States through an array of schemes and strategies,...
by Russell M. Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
This is a true story of discovery and discoverers in what was the northern frontier region of Mexico in the years before the Mexican War. In 1826, when the story begins, the region was claimed by both Mexico and the United States. Neither country knew much about the lands crossed by such rivers as...
Living in . . . Mexico
With Audio Recording
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Discover what it’s like to grow up in Mexico with this fascinating, nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series all about kids just like you in countries around the world!
*¡*Hola! My name is Rosa, and I’m a kid just like you living in Mexico. Mexico is a country filled with...
Soccer World Mexico
Exploring the World Through Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Following professional soccer player Ethan Zohn on another global adventure, this entertaining and educational handbook explores the cultures and customs of Mexico. From a walking tour of Mexico City and visits to the ruins of the country's ancient civilizations to a once-in-a-lifetime butterfly migration...
Several Ways to Die in Mexico City
An Autobiography of Death in Mexico City
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
In the '80s, when author/photographer Kurt Hollander lived in New York and published The Portable Lower East, life there was particularly rough, and cops often drove yellow cabs as a method to surprise and roust its residents. Before the decade ended, Hollander moved to the equally rough climes of...
Adventures into Mexico
American Tourism beyond the Border
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2006
Moving beyond the tequila-soaked clichés of Mexican tourism, this multifaceted book explores the influence and experiences of Americans in Mexico since World War II. The authors trace Mexico's growing role as an important refuge for Americans seeking not only sun and fun but also an alternative cultural...
by Barbara E. Mundy
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. In 1521, at the height...
Mexico in Verse
A History of Music, Rhyme, and Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
The history of Mexico is spoken in the voice of ordinary people. In rhymed verse and mariachi song, in letters of romance and whispered words in the cantina, the heart and soul of a nation is revealed in all its intimacy and authenticity. Mexico in Verse, edited by Stephen Neufeld and Michael Matthews,...
Uprooting Community
Japanese Mexicans, World War II, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Joining the U.S.’ war effort in 1942, Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho ordered the dislocation of Japanese Mexican communities and approved the creation of internment camps and zones of confinement. Under this relocation program, a new pro-American nationalism developed in Mexico that scripted...
Crafting Mexico
Intellectuals, Artisans, and the State after the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2010
After Mexico’s revolution of 1910–1920, intellectuals sought to forge a unified cultural nation out of the country’s diverse populace. Their efforts resulted in an “ethnicized” interpretation of Mexicanness that intentionally incorporated elements of folk and indigenous culture. In this...
by Hugo G. Nutini, Barry L. Isaac
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
In Aztec and colonial Central Mexico, every individual was destined for lifelong placement in a legally defined social stratum or estate. Social mobility became possible after independence from Spain in 1821 and increased after the 1910-1920 Revolution. By 2000, the landed aristocracy that was for...