This work presents a chronicle of contemporary life in Mexico, which ranges over popular music, Latino hip hop, the murals of Siquerios, film stars, the painter Frida Kahlo, the writer Juan Ruldo, life on the border with the United States and the organization of Mexico City's urban poor in the wake of a devastating earthquake.

Brazil s victory in the 1994 World Cup is the latest chapter in an extensive history of the world s most popular game in South America. In this engaging account, Tony Mason reviews the place of football in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
Mason opens with soccer s rise at the turn of the century amid the exploding urbanization of Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo. He demonstrates that, from its beginnings, the game had wide popular appeal and examines the role of British commercial and military interests as well as that of newcomers from Italy, Spain and Portugal....