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I Speak Of The City
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Author : Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-02-24
I Speak Of The City written by Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-24 with History categories.
In this dazzling multidisciplinary tour of Mexico City, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo focuses on the period 1880 to 1940, the decisive decades that shaped the city into what it is today. Through a kaleidoscope of expository forms, I Speak of the City connects the realms of literature, architecture, music, popular language, art, and public health to investigate the city in a variety of contexts: as a living history textbook, as an expression of the state, as a modernist capital, as a laboratory, and as language. Tenorio’s formal imagination allows the reader to revel in the free-flowing richness of his narratives, opening startling new vistas onto the urban experience. From art to city planning, from epidemiology to poetry, this book challenges the conventional wisdom about both Mexico City and the turn-of-the-century world to which it belonged. And by engaging directly with the rise of modernism and the cultural experiences of such personalities as Hart Crane, Mina Loy, and Diego Rivera, I Speak of the City will find an enthusiastic audience across the disciplines.
A History Of Mexico City
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Author : Serge Gruzinski
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-04-09
A History Of Mexico City written by Serge Gruzinski and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with categories.
The history of Mexico City is monumental, like Our Lady of Guadalupe that watches over the city. That's because time, people, and cultures have never stopped intermixing there. In the 1920s, as the first skyscrapers rose up, art, cinema and revolution rendezvoused in the city. Eisenstein discovered the land of Zapata and shared his passion in �Que viva M�xico!. Trotsky took refuge in La Casa Azul where Frida Kahlo beguiled Andr� Breton, and Graham Greene admired on the murales the rural teachers dressed in white with pious apostolic faces. For a long time artists, scientists, actors, and adventurers flocked to this American Venice where another world awaited them. The author tells the story of Mexico City in reverse, from the chaos of a global metropolis to the rise of the imperial Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
Mexico City
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Author : Christina Leaf
language : en
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Release Date : 2023-08-01
Mexico City written by Christina Leaf and has been published by Bellwether Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Mexico City has been a bustling center of activity through many different empires! This nonfiction title examines how Mexico City’s past has shaped the city it is today. Narrative text and colorful illustrations immerse readers in several important times in the city’s history, while follow-up questions ask them to engage with the text further. A timeline and a Mission Goals feature help readers prepare and retain information from the text. Young readers will love learning the story of Mexico City with this engaging title!
The Mexico City Reader
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Author : Ruben Gallo
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 2009-09-29
The Mexico City Reader written by Ruben Gallo and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-29 with Literary Collections categories.
Mexico City is one of Latin America’s cultural capitals, and one of the most vibrant urban spaces in the world. The Mexico City Reader is an anthology of "Cronicas"—short, hybrid texts that are part literary essay, part urban reportage—about life in the capital. This is not the "City of Palaces" of yesteryear, but the vibrant, chaotic, anarchic urban space of the1980s and 1990s—the city of garbage mafias, necrophiliac artists, and kitschy millionaires. Like the visitor wandering through the city streets, the reader will be constantly surprised by the visions encountered in this mosaic of writings—a textual space brimming with life and crowded with flâneurs, flirtatious students, Indian dancers, food vendors, fortune tellers, political activists, and peasant protesters. The essays included in this anthology were written by a panoply of writers, from well-known authors like Carlos Monsiváis and Jorge Ibagüengoitia to younger figures like Fabrizio Mejía Madrid and Juieta García González, all of whom are experienced practitioners of the city. The texts collected in this anthology are among the most striking examples of this concomitant "theory and practice" of Mexico City, that most delirious of megalopolises. “[An] exciting literary journey . . .”—Carolyn Malloy, Multicultural Review
Mexico City
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Author : Gerardo Mendiola Patiño
language : en
Publisher: Alfaguara
Release Date : 2003
Mexico City written by Gerardo Mendiola Patiño and has been published by Alfaguara this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Mexico City (Mexico) categories.
A COMPLETE VISUAL, WELL-DOCUMENTED GUIDE OF ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WORLD. This guide offers visitors over 700 tourist spots grouped in 15 city tours of day trips that will help them discover the most interesting places in Mexico City and its surroundings. It covers tours, archaeology, museums, architecture, hotels, restaurants and entertainment in the metropolis and its surroundings. Each chapter contains a history and timeline of the city, color coordination according to day trips, tour names, an introduction to the tourist spots within each city, and street maps and drawings.
Black Market Capital
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Author : Andrew Konove
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2018-05-25
Black Market Capital written by Andrew Konove and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-25 with History categories.
In this extraordinary new book, Andrew Konove traces the history of illicit commerce in Mexico City from the seventeenth century to the twentieth, showing how it became central to the economic and political life of the city. The story centers on the untold history of the Baratillo, the city’s infamous thieves’ market. Originating in the colonial-era Plaza Mayor, the Baratillo moved to the neighborhood of Tepito in the early twentieth century, where it grew into one of the world’s largest emporiums for black-market goods. Konove uncovers the far-reaching ties between vendors in the Baratillo and political and mercantile elites in Mexico City, revealing the surprising clout of vendors who trafficked in the shadow economy and the diverse individuals who benefited from their trade.
Top 10 Mexico City
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Author : Nancy Mikula
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2012
Top 10 Mexico City written by Nancy Mikula and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Travel categories.
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide- Mexico Citywill lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10 sights, or want to find the best nightspots; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 museums to the Top 10 events and festivals - there's even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid. The guide is divided by area with restaurant reviews for each, as well as recommendations for hotels, bars and places to shop. You'll find the insider knowledge every visitor needs and explore every corner effortlessly with DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide- Mexico Cityand its FREE pull-out map. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide- Mexico City - showing you what others only tell you.
This Is Mexico City
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Author : Abby Clawson Low
language : en
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date : 2018-10-02
This Is Mexico City written by Abby Clawson Low and has been published by Clarkson Potter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Travel categories.
This stylish, gorgeously photographed guide to Mexico City will help you get the most out of this vibrant, culturally rich destination—or make you want to plan a trip! Vast and exciting, Mexico City has so much to offer, from museums to markets, architectural wonders to Aztec monuments. This thorough and practical travel guide includes everything you need to know to enjoy the lifestyle of Mexico City—its sights, sounds, and tastes. This Is Mexico City showcases the best museums (both traditional and off-the-beaten-path), old-school mercados, public art, food trucks, and much more. Organized by neighborhood, each section offers insider recommendations for every interest: For shoppers there are boutiques, galleries, and local artisan studios; for foodies, trendy bars, tiny taco restaurants, ice cream parlors abound. An incredible experience awaits! This Is Mexico City includes: Archaeological Sites • Architecture • Artists • Designers • For Kids • Galleries • Libraries • Monuments • Museums • Parks • Plazas • Public Art • Shopping • To Eat, Drink • To Stay
The City Of Mexico In The Age Of D Az
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Author : Michael Johns
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2011-05-18
The City Of Mexico In The Age Of D Az written by Michael Johns and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-18 with History categories.
Mexico City assumed its current character around the turn of the twentieth century, during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911). In those years, wealthy Mexicans moved away from the Zócalo, the city's traditional center, to western suburbs where they sought to imitate European and American ways of life. At the same time, poorer Mexicans, many of whom were peasants, crowded into eastern suburbs that lacked such basic amenities as schools, potable water, and adequate sewerage. These slums looked and felt more like rural villages than city neighborhoods. A century—and some twenty million more inhabitants—later, Mexico City retains its divided, robust, and almost labyrinthine character. In this provocative and beautifully written book, Michael Johns proposes to fathom the character of Mexico City and, through it, the Mexican national character that shaped and was shaped by the capital city. Drawing on sources from government documents to newspapers to literary works, he looks at such things as work, taste, violence, architecture, and political power during the formative Díaz era. From this portrait of daily life in Mexico City, he shows us the qualities that "make a Mexican a Mexican" and have created a culture in which, as the Mexican saying goes, "everything changes so that everything remains the same."
Life In The Megalopolis
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Author : Lucia Sa
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Life In The Megalopolis written by Lucia Sa and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with Science categories.
The modern metropolis has been called 'the symbol of our times', and life in it epitomizes, for many, modernity itself. But what to make of inherited ideas of modernity when faced with life in Mexico City and São Paulo, two of the largest metropolises in the world? Is their fractured reality, their brutal social contrasts, and the ever-escalating violence faced by their citizens just an intensification of what Engels described in the first in-depth analysis of an industrial metropolis, nineteenth century Manchester? Or have post-industrial and neo-globalized economies given rise to new forms of urban existence in the so-called developing world? Life in the Megalopolis: Mexico City and São Paulo investigates how such questions are explored in cultural productions from these two Latin American megalopolises, the focus being on literature, film popular music, and visual arts. This book combines close readings of works with a constant reference to theoretical, anthropological and social studies of these two cities, and builds on received definitions of the concept megalopolis Life in the Megalopolis is the first book to combine urban-studies theories (particularly Lefebvre, Harvey, and de Certeau) with Benjaminian cultural analyses, and theoretical discussions with close-readings of recent cultural works in various media. It is also the first book to compare Mexico City and São Paulo.