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Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections on both sides of the US-Mexico border. She describes how and why these byproducts of ore mining come to be valued by people in various walks of life as scientific specimens, religious offerings, works of art, and luxury collectibles. The story of mineral exploration and trade defines a variegated transnational space,...
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Por varias generaciones hemos sido educados en falsedades históricas, ya que siempre fue verdad aquella frase de Orwell que decía: "quien controla el pasado, controla el futuro".Dichas falsificaciones, como la gota que horada la piedra, han ido poco a poco planteando interrogantes más allá del estudio pretérito, llegando incluso a hacernos dudar en cuestiones de Fe."¿Cuestiones de Fe?" – dirá alguno... "pero ¿qué tiene que ver la Fe con...
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Whether it's white sand beaches, incomparable tacos, deep cultural roots, or the allure of Mexico's warm and welcoming community, it's no surprise so many would-be expats have their eye on Mexico.If you're hoping to work, study abroad, or perhaps you're just in it for the adventure, relocation can be exciting - and a little scary, if you don't have the right information.This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about moving to Mexico...
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Margaret Chowning holds the Muriel McKevitt Sonne Chair in Latin American History at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Rebellious Nuns: The Troubled History of a Mexican Convent, 1752–1863 and Wealth and Power in Provincial Mexico: Michoacán from the Late Colony to the Revolution.
How women preserved the power of the Catholic Church in Mexican political life
What accounts for the enduring power of the Catholic Church,...
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"Proved, to our satisfaction at least, that the Tyrians were the Aborigines of Ancient America." -Atlas.
"The discovery of the ruins of several extensive and once beautiful cities among the forests of Central America, has led to many conjectures as to their origin; and Mr. GEORGE JONES...has devoted the last fifteen years to study and research....the conclusion...will no doubt at first startle the historic reader." -The Builder.
Are the Native...
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Over a decade since its publication, Ann Jaramillo's heartbreaking middle grade novel La Linea-about crossing the Mexican border into the US-is more timely than ever.
Miguel has dreamed of joining his parents in California since the day they left him behind in Mexico six years, eleven months, and twelve days ago. On the morning of his fifteenth birthday, Miguel's wait is over.
Or so he thinks. The trip north to the border-la línea-is fraught...
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A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations.
Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations-in some cases by luring Americans who wanted to escape Prohibition-and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas, historic architecture, and tourist attractions, which...
49) The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II
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One of WW2 Reads "Top 20 Must-Read WWII Books of 2018" • A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of September •One of The Progressive's "Favorite Books of 2018"
The gripping and little known story of the fight for the allegiance of Latin America during World War II
The Tango War by Mary Jo McConahay fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds...
50) La historia no Contada sobre La Conquista de la Gran Tenochtitlan: Desde el inicio de la llegada de
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Esta es la historia detrás de la conquista de la gran Tenochtitlán: desde el choque de culturas hasta la caída de los Aztecas. Prepárate para embarcarte en un viaje que desentraña las complejidades de la época, teje el pasado con el presente y despierta los ecos de una era que cambió el mundo para siempre. Contada como nunca antes, con datos históricos que muy pocos conocen. "En el siglo XVI, un audaz y ambicioso grupo de exploradores europeos...
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Chronicles of a time and places where people were free, wild and unfettered by the need to conform, comply, and copycat. Being an original and tapping into some unlimited stores of energy and enthusiasm offered truly unbelievable opportunities and gusto. The likelihood of failure or absolute embarrasment was constant, but never a detterent, or concern, and we lived to trip the light fantastic. The pilolts check list was a handy guide; Don't get injured...
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Las selecciones nacionales de fútbol de México y Estados Unidos mantienen una rivalidad desde hace décadas. ¿Qué llevó a estas selecciones a convertirse en feroces competidores? ¿Cómo contribuye la afición de ambos países a mantener esta rivalidad? El texto de fácil lectura y las fantásticas imágenes hacen de estos libros una opción obvia para los fanáticos del fútbol que tienen dificultades con la lectura o reacios a leer.
53) Come sundown
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Reluctant hero, Honore Greenwood, has a knack for embroiling himself in the most violent conflicts of the Southern Plains. Known as Plenty Man to the Comanches, Honore serves as ransom negotiator for captives among the Indians. As if his life wasn't in danger enough, Honore has offered his services to the New Mexico Volunteers in the Civil War. But as Honore's luck would have it, he's in the same unit as Luther Sheffield, a man whose grudge against...
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Galardonado creador Duncan Tonatiuh da vida a una querida leyenda mexicana ¡Mención de Honor del Premio Pura Belpré al Ilustrador y un Libro Infantil Notable de ALA/ALSC!
Itza era la princesa más hermosa de la tierra, y muchos pretendientes viajaban de todas partes para cortejarla. Aun siendo la hija del emperador, Itza no quería casarse con un hombre de poder y riqueza. En cambio, se enamoró de Popoca, un valiente guerrero que peleaba...
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¡AHORA ES ESPAÑOL! Con un concepto de color ingenioso, este poético libro ilustrado muestra el ciclo de vida del amado anfibio, el ajolote, en su hábitat natural.
NOW IN SPANISH! With a clever color concept, this poetic picture book shares the life cycle of beloved amphibian-the axolotl-in its natural habitat.
Un ajolote pudiera parecerlo, pero definitivamente No es un monstruo. Esta curiosa criatura, popularizada por Minecraft, es en realidad...
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Witness to War presents a compelling visual record of a young American man's venture in Mexico as the country veered into revolution in the early 1900s. Walter Elias Hadsell, a skilled photographer who had recently graduated as a mining engineer, documented a critical period of foreign investment in Mexico's mining industry and, in the process, captured scenes of Mexican life in other cities.
Susan Toomey Frost draws from an extensive collection...
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"People of North America are no strangers to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Encounter the spirits said to roam Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Kentucky. Then travel northward to Canada to see ghostly train lights at the site of a deadly accident. Take a deep breath and settle in to see how each creepy story unfolds."--Back cover.
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The ghost of a weeping woman dressed in white, La Llorona, is often spotted beside bodies of water. People in Mexico and in the southwestern United States have claimed to hear her wailing in the night, crying out for her drowned children. This centuries-old legend says that if the wailing woman gets too close, she will drag you to a watery grave.
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This cultural and historical geography of Sonora explores the region's dual personality-with modern life existing alongside its colonial past.
A land where some streams ran with gold. A landscape nearly empty of inhabitants in the wake of Apache raids from the north. And a former desert transformed by irrigation into vast fields of wheat and cotton. This was and is the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico.
Robert C. West explores the dual geographic...
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The history of a dictatorship's demise-and the many power struggles that followed on the rocky road to democracy in early twentieth-century Mexico.
The Mexican Revolution is one of the most important and ambitious sociopolitical experiments in modern times. This history by Charles C. Cumberland addresses the early years of this period, as the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz was finally overthrown and he was driven into exile due to the...
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