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Casa Mexicana Style

Author: Annie Kelly
Publisher: "Stewart, Tabori and Chang"
Keywords: style, mexicana, casa
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2006-10-01
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 158479528X
ISBN-13: 9781584795285

In 1521, when the Spanish arrived in Mexico, they were amazed at the spectacular architecture and complex urban planning they encountered in the great city of Tenochtitlán (modern-day Mexico City). To the native Mayan, Aztec, and Olmec traditions that had flourished throughout Mexico, the Spanish brought their own influences, resulting in an extraordinarily rich design heritage that survives to this day. Acclaimed architectural photographer Tim Street-Porter vividly captures this enduring passion for design in Casa Mexicana Style, the follow-up to his best-selling Casa Mexicana (more than 1

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Zapata y la Revolucion mexicana (Spanish Edition)

Author: John Womack
Publisher: Siglo XXI
Keywords: spanish, mexicana, revolucion, zapata
Number of Pages: 455
Published: 2006-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 9682303222
ISBN-13: 9789682303227

John Womack, Jr., doctor en historia de la Universidad de Harvard y profesor de historia latinoamericana en la propia universidad, explora en su estudio el papel de Emiliano Zapata y de los campesinos de Morelos en la lucha por hacer efectivos los ideales agrarios de la Revolucion mexicana durante su periodo mas critico, los primeros diez anos.