wyszukanych pozycji: 9
State Governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952: Portraits in Conflict, Courage, and Corruption
ISBN: 9780742557697 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This unique book traces Mexico's eventful years from 1910 to 1952 through the experiences of its state governors. During this seminal period, revolutionaries destroyed the old regime, created a new national government, built an official political party, and then discarded in practice the essence of their revolution. In this tumultuous time, governors--some of whom later became president--served as the most significant intermediaries between the national government and the people it ruled. Leading scholars study governors from ten different states to demonstrate the diversity of the governors'...
This unique book traces Mexico's eventful years from 1910 to 1952 through the experiences of its state governors. During this seminal period, revoluti...
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612,70 zł |
Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution
ISBN: 9780742537484 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The only substantive study of Plutarco El'as Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-understood, yet key figure in Mexico's history. JYrgen Buchenau draws on a rich array of archival evidence from Mexico, the United States, and Europe to explore Calles's origins and political trajectory. He hailed from Sonora, a border state marked by fundamental social and economic change at the turn of the twentieth century. After dabbling in various careers, Calles found the early years of the revolution (1910-1920) afforded him the chance to...
The only substantive study of Plutarco El'as Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-und...
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650,99 zł |
State Governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952: Portraits in Conflict, Courage, and Corruption
ISBN: 9780742557703 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This unique book traces Mexico's eventful years from 1910 to 1952 through the experiences of its state governors. During this seminal period, revolutionaries destroyed the old regime, created a new national government, built an official political party, and then discarded in practice the essence of their revolution. In this tumultuous time, governors--some of whom later became president--served as the most significant intermediaries between the national government and the people it ruled. Leading scholars study governors from ten different states to demonstrate the diversity of the governors'...
This unique book traces Mexico's eventful years from 1910 to 1952 through the experiences of its state governors. During this seminal period, revoluti...
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251,64 zł |
Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution
ISBN: 9780742537491 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The only substantive study of Plutarco Elias Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-understood, yet key figure in Mexico's history. Jurgen Buchenau draws on a rich array of archival evidence from Mexico, the United States, and Europe to explore Calles's origins and political trajectory. He hailed from Sonora, a border state marked by fundamental social and economic change at the turn of the twentieth century. After dabbling in various careers, Calles found the early years of the revolution (1910-1920) afforded him the chance to...
The only substantive study of Plutarco Elias Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-und...
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251,64 zł |
The Last Caudillo: Alvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution
ISBN: 9781405199032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregon, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America.
The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregon, along with new insights into the Mexican Revoluti...
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129,94 zł |
Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico City, 1865-Present
ISBN: 9780826330888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The history of Casa Boker, one of the first department stores in Mexico City, and its German owners provides important insights into Mexican and immigration history. Often called "the Sears of Mexico," Casa Boker has become over the past 140 years one of Mexico's foremost wholesalers, working closely with U.S. and European exporters and eventually selling 40,000 different products across the republic, including sewing machines, typewriters, tools, cutlery, and even insurance. Like Mexico itself, Casa Boker has survived various economic development strategies, political changes, the rise of...
The history of Casa Boker, one of the first department stores in Mexico City, and its German owners provides important insights into Mexican and immig...
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217,25 zł |
Aftershocks: Earthquakes and Popular Politics in Latin America
ISBN: 9780826346230 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In using natural disasters as a way to study societal and especially political change, the essays in this volume illustrate the immediate as well as the long term consequences of destruction.
In using natural disasters as a way to study societal and especially political change, the essays in this volume illustrate the immediate as well as t...
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186,81 zł |
Mexico Otherwise: Modern Mexico in the Eyes of Foreign Observers
ISBN: 9780826323132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This rich anthology provides a glimpse of modern Mexico through the eyes of foreign observers. Some of these selections are by well-known authors (Alexander von Humboldt, John Reed, B. Traven, Evelyn Waugh). Some are unpublished pieces by little-known writers, and six are available here for the first time in English. The writings fall into four periods: the transitions to independence and Mexico's first decades as a sovereign country (1800-1867), the era of Liberal modernization (1867-1910), the Mexican Revolution (1910-1940), and the post-World War II era. Four major topics show up... This rich anthology provides a glimpse of modern Mexico through the eyes of foreign observers. Some of these selections are by well-known authors (... |
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186,81 zł |
Mexican Mosaic
ISBN: 9780882952635 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Our new brief text highlights Mexico's stunning geographical, ethnic, and social diversity. In the sixteenth century, diseases brought by the Spanish conquerors wiped out almost 90 per cent of the indigenous population. Since then, Mexico - first as a colony of Spain and, after 1821, as an independent nation - has exported thousands of tons of silver, affecting currencies and prices as far away as China and India. In the century following independence, Mexico was invaded six times by three different European nations (Britain, France, and Spain) as well as the United States, the latter...
Our new brief text highlights Mexico's stunning geographical, ethnic, and social diversity. In the sixteenth century, diseases brought by the Spanish ...
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114,61 zł |