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  • Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico

    by Samuel Ramos ...
    Translated by Peter G. Earle ...
    Series series Texas Pan American Series
    Profile of Man and Culture in Mexico, originally written in 1934, is addressed to the author’s compatriots, but it speaks to people, wherever they are, who are interested in enriching their own lives and in elevating the cultural level of their countries. And it speaks with a peculiar timeliness to citizens of the United States who would understand their neighbors to the south.Samuel Ramos’s ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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    The Fourth Dimension (UNABRIDGED)

    by Charles Howard HINTON ...
    Narrated by Samuel Ramos ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 2 min

    """Mr Hinton tries to explain the theory of the fourth dimension so that the ordinary reasoning mind can get a grasp of what metaphysical mathematicians mean by it. If he is not altogether successful, it is not from want of clearness on his part, but because the whole theory comes as such an absolute shock to all one's preconceived ideas"" - The Bristol Times (quoted within the book). This book ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Acid Test

    by Élmer Mendoza ...
    Translated by Mark Fried ...
    Egdar "Lefty" Mendieta investigates the death of a notorious stripper in this second sweltering "Narco-lit" noir from the Godfather of Mexican crime fictionAn intelligent, atmospheric police procedural series for fans of John Le Carré and Mick HeronWhen the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo is found in a dusty field, Detective Edgar "Lefty" Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the ... Read more

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  • Indigenous Media in Mexico

    Culture, Community, and the State

    by Erica Cusi Wortham ...
    In Indigenous Media in Mexico, Erica Cusi Wortham explores the use of video among indigenous peoples in Mexico as an important component of their social and political activism. Funded by the federal government as part of its "pluriculturalist" policy of the 1990s, video indígena programs became social processes through which indigenous communities in Oaxaca and Chiapas engendered alternative ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Jenkins of Mexico

    How a Southern Farm Boy Became a Mexican Magnate

    by Andrew Paxman ...
    In the city of Puebla there lived an American who made himself into the richest man in Mexico. Driven by a steely desire to prove himself-first to his wife's family, then to Mexican elites-William O. Jenkins rose from humble origins in Tennessee to build a business empire in a country energized by industrialization and revolutionary change. In Jenkins of Mexico, Andrew Paxman presents the first ... Read more

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  • Memory, Myth, and Time in Mexico

    From the Aztecs to Independence

    by Enrique Florescano, Kathryn R. Bork ...
    Translated by Albert G. Bork ...
    Series series LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series
    In Memory, Myth, and Time in Mexico, noted Mexican scholar Enrique Florescano’s Memoria mexicana becomes available for the first time in English. A collection of essays tracing the many memories of the past created by different individuals and groups in Mexico, the book addresses the problem of memory and changing ideas of time in the way Mexicans conceive of their history. Original in perspective ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Modern Mexican Culture

    Critical Foundations

    Edited by Stuart A. Day ...
    Diego Rivera’s mural Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central is a fascinating critique of high society and wealthy elites. It also offers a multitude of other stories that intersect in a web of historical memory. The massive mural, the histories it depicts, and even its physical journey after a devastating earthquake, hold answers to many of the questions readers might ask about Mexico. ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Living with Oil

    Promises, Peaks, and Declines on Mexico’s Gulf Coast

    by Lisa C. Breglia ...
    Series series Peter T. Flawn Series in Natural Resource Management and Conservation
    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—Cantarell—the prospects for the country have worsened. Living with Oil takes a unique look at the cultural and economic dilemmas in this locale, focusing on residents in the fishing community of Isla Aguada, Campeche, who experienced the long ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • The A to Z of the United States-Mexican War

    by Edward H. Moseley, Paul C. Clark Jr. ...
    Series series The A to Z Guide Series
    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 this book, some of which depict major regions and localities over which armies of both nations moved great distances to position for battle, and others that depict major battlefields from the first ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Democracy Within Reason

    Technocratic Revolution in Mexico

    by Miguel Angel Centeno ...
    During the 1980s the Mexican regime faced a series of economic, social, and political disasters that led many to question its survival. Yet by 1992 the economy was again growing, with inflation under control and the confidence of international investors restored. Mexico was now touted as an example for regimes in Eastern Europe to emulate.How did Carlos Salinas and his team of technocrats manage ... Read more

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  • Ciudad Juárez

    Saga of a Legendary Border City

    by Oscar J. Martínez ...
    Juárez is no ordinary city. Its history is exhilarating and tragic. Part of the state of Chihuahua and located on the border with the United States opposite El Paso, Texas, Juárez has often captured the world’s attention in dramatic fashion.In Ciudad Juárez: Saga of a Legendary Border City, Oscar J. Martínez provides a historical overview of the economic and social evolution of this famous ... Read more

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