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Rebellion in Chiapas: An Historical Reader
ISBN: 9781565844520 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carlos Fuentes writes, John Womack has an uncanny feeling for the infinitely complex strains of Mexico. Here, Woack examines the conflict in Chiapas in light of 500 years of struggle and uneasy accomodation between the region s Maya population and the Spanish conquerors and "ladino" landowners. "Rebellion in Chiapas" opens with a major new essay examining the Zapatista revolt and chronicling the attempts at a negotiated peace. It goes on to reveal the roots of the rebellion through a range of primary source materials and other key documents from the time of the conquest through the... Carlos Fuentes writes, John Womack has an uncanny feeling for the infinitely complex strains of Mexico. Here, Woack examines the conflict in Chiapa... |
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121,28 zł |
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Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Mexico City Earthquake
ISBN: 9781566393454 / Angielski / Miękka / 327 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In September 19, 1985, a powerful earthquake hit Mexico City in the early morning hours. Written by a Mexican journalist, this book chronicles the disintegration of the city's physical and social structure, the widespread grassroots organizing against government corruption and incompetence, and the reliency of the human spirit.
In September 19, 1985, a powerful earthquake hit Mexico City in the early morning hours. Written by a Mexican journalist, this book chronicles the dis...
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145,46 zł |
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Mexico: From Montezuma to the Fall of the Pri, Second Edition
ISBN: 9781574883268 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this concise thousand-year history, one of the world s foremost scholars on Latin America explains how Mexico s present and future flow directly from its past. Going well beyond a comprehensive description of recent crises, Mexico provides an introduction to the early Indian civilizations, the harsh rule of the Spaniards, historic violence and revolution, and a tumultuous relationship with the United States. Professor Suchlicki suggests seven major recurring patterns in Mexican history and convincingly describes their contribution to Mexico s current and future difficulties. This...
In this concise thousand-year history, one of the world s foremost scholars on Latin America explains how Mexico s present and future flow directly fr...
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101,91 zł |
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Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History
ISBN: 9781576071328 / Angielski / Twarda / 621 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From NAFTA to narcotics, from immigration to energy, the ties that bind our nation and Mexico are varied and strong. "Mexico" uncovers the real Mexico that lies behind the stereotypes of tacos, tequila, and tourist hotels. Compiled by leading scholars of Mexican history and society, its more than 150 entries examine the nation in all its fascinating contradictions and complexity. This concise yet thorough study, covering the last 100 years of Mexican history, is the only one volume, A-Z reference work available to students, scholars, and readers curious about one of the world's most... From NAFTA to narcotics, from immigration to energy, the ties that bind our nation and Mexico are varied and strong. "Mexico" uncovers the real Mex... |
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422,52 zł |
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The Aztecs: New Perspectives
ISBN: 9781576079218 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A wealth of new archaeological findings and interpretations has sparked a richer understanding of the Aztecs, dispelling many myths. "The Aztecs: New Perspectives" looks at evidence from ancient, colonial, and modern times to present a contemporary, well-rounded portrait of this Mesoamerican culture. Like no other volume, it examines daily Aztec life both at, and away from, the seats of power, revealing the Aztecs to be accomplished farmers, astronomers, mathematicians, and poets--as well as ruthless warriors and tireless builders of empire. "The Aztecs" ranges from the mysterious... A wealth of new archaeological findings and interpretations has sparked a richer understanding of the Aztecs, dispelling many myths. "The Aztecs: N... |
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369,71 zł |
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Concise Encyclopedia of Mexico
ISBN: 9781579583378 / Angielski / Twarda / 800 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1028,57 zł |
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In Mexican Prisons: The Journal of Eduard Harkort, 1832-1834
ISBN: 9781585440122 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Popular history has not venerated Eduard Harkort as a hero of either Santa Anna's 1832 uprising in Mexico or the Texas Revolution against the revolutionary-turned-dictator. The journal of Harkort, a middle-class German mining engineer, recorded during his two years of fighting and imprisonment in Mexico, reveals the activities and feelings of a brave and multitalented man who withdrew from nineteenth-century corporate life and ultimately found himself in battle, before a firing squad, and in prison.
First published in Germany in 1858 by Harkort's son-in-law, the journal of Eduard Harkort... Popular history has not venerated Eduard Harkort as a hero of either Santa Anna's 1832 uprising in Mexico or the Texas Revolution against the revoluti...
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87,24 zł |
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The North Mexican Cattle Industry, 1910-1975: Ideology, Conflict, and Change
ISBN: 9781585440375 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By the end of the nineteenth century the cattle industry in northern Mexico was thriving. Large haciendas, based on the peonage system and many of them foreign-owned, produced hundreds of thousands of head of cattle that enriched "hacendados" and filled ranges in both Mexico and the United States. But the Revolution of 1910 overturned Mexico's social and economic structure, and by the 1920s large holdings were being broken up and almost 70 percent of the vast herds were gone.
Machado examines the devastation of the revolutionary period, when herds were slaughtered to feed armies or... By the end of the nineteenth century the cattle industry in northern Mexico was thriving. Large haciendas, based on the peonage system and many of the...
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77,52 zł |
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The Mexican National Army
ISBN: 9781585443970 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The army that engineered Mexico's independence was a melting pot of insurgent and royalist forces held together by the lure of rapid promotions and other military remuneration. William A. DePalo, Jr., studies the birth and tumultuous adolescence of the Mexican National Army.
The army that engineered Mexico's independence was a melting pot of insurgent and royalist forces held together by the lure of rapid promotions and ot...
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121,28 zł |
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Space and Place in the Mexican Landscape: The Evolution of a Colonial City
ISBN: 9781585445837 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Metaphysical conceptions have always influenced how human societies create the built environment. Mexico--with its rich culture, full of symbol and myth, its beautiful cities, and its evocative ruins--is an excellent place to study the interplay of influences on space and place. In this volume, the authors consider the ideas and views that give the constructed spaces and buildings of Mexico--especially, of Queretaro--their particular ambience. They explore the ways the built world helps people find meaning and establish order for their earthly existence by mirroring their metaphysical...
Metaphysical conceptions have always influenced how human societies create the built environment. Mexico--with its rich culture, full of symbol and my...
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184,85 zł |
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The History of the Conquest of Mexico & Peru - Volume II
ISBN: 9781596059450 / Angielski / Twarda / 572 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its vivid language and bold strokes, the magnificent History of the Conquest of Peru, first published in 1847, is one of historian William Prescott's landmark works. A masterly study of Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro's overthrow of the Inca Empire, this astonishing chronicle is considered a classic of Latin American history. Noted for its striking portrayal of the Spanish character, the book rings with a "fusion of courage, cruelty, pride, and gallows humor," says Darnell. "We seem to be overhearing dialogue and observing firsthand the interaction between the Spaniards as they...
With its vivid language and bold strokes, the magnificent History of the Conquest of Peru, first published in 1847, is one of historian William Presco...
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175,26 zł |
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Mexico: From Montezuma to the Rise of the PAN, Third Edition
ISBN: 9781597971683 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this concise thousand-year history, one of the world's foremost scholars on Latin America explains how Mexico's present and future flow directly from its past. Going well beyond a comprehensive description of recent events and crises, Jaime Suchlicki provides an introduction to the country's early native civilizations, its natural environment, the Spaniards' harsh rule, independence and revolution, the long dominant Partido Revolucionario Institucional's demise, and the complex and sometimes tumultuous relationship with the United States. Professor Suchlicki suggests seven major recurring...
In this concise thousand-year history, one of the world's foremost scholars on Latin America explains how Mexico's present and future flow directly fr...
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101,91 zł |
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Inherit the Dust from the Four Winds of Revilla
ISBN: 9781599260648 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rich in period analysis, here is fascinating historical perspective covering 250 years of existence primarily of a 1750 Spanish settlement originally called "Villa del Senor San Ignacio de Loyola de Revilla" and now known as "Guerrero Viejo." Although many books cover the genealogical aspects of families that originated in this city, the historical contributions of the early pioneers, their descendents, and the controversy related to land grants, called "Porciones" -- awarded by the King of Spain -- have, for the most part, remained in the background. This, then, is the principal objective of...
Rich in period analysis, here is fascinating historical perspective covering 250 years of existence primarily of a 1750 Spanish settlement originally ...
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93,90 zł |
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Inherit the Dust from the Four Winds of Revilla
ISBN: 9781599260655 / Angielski / Twarda / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rich in period analysis, here is fascinating historical perspective covering 250 years of existence primarily of a 1750 Spanish settlement originally called "Villa del Senor San Ignacio de Loyola de Revilla" and now known as "Guerrero Viejo." Although many books cover the genealogical aspects of families that originated in this city, the historical contributions of the early pioneers, their descendents, and the controversy related to land grants, called "Porciones" -- awarded by the King of Spain -- have, for the most part, remained in the background. This, then, is the principal objective of...
Rich in period analysis, here is fascinating historical perspective covering 250 years of existence primarily of a 1750 Spanish settlement originally ...
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141,49 zł |
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New Perspectives on Formative Mesoamerican Cultures
ISBN: 9781841718170 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These seventeen 'perspectives' on Mesoamerican cultures were originally presented at a symposia at the 66th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology held in New Orleans in 2001. Supported by illustrations of sites and finds, the contributions discuss the cultures that were responsible for some of the most significant social, economic and technological leaps forward across Mesoamerica. Such cultural revolutions are discussed in northern Belize, the Gulf, the Maya highlands and lowlands, Guatemala and the Pacific coast, Honduras, Mexico and Oaxaca. Subjects include: the...
These seventeen 'perspectives' on Mesoamerican cultures were originally presented at a symposia at the 66th annual meeting of the Society for American...
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369,71 zł |
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Conquest of Mexico
ISBN: 9781931313629 / Angielski / Miękka / 508 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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128,45 zł |
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Informe Contra Los Adoradores de Ídolos del Obispado de Yucatán
ISBN: 9788496290679 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,79 zł |
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Relación Auténtica de Las Idolatrías
ISBN: 9788496290839 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,62 zł |
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Historia Eclesiástica Indiana
ISBN: 9788498162608 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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162,07 zł |
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Historia de Yucatán
ISBN: 9788498166408 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 506 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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123,51 zł |
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