Mexico City : cradle of empires / Nick Caistor.
Mexico City has always been a seat of empire. With its grandiose pretentions, sheer swagger, and staggering proportions, it gives the impression of power exercised over great time and distances. And yet this power has frequently been contested, lending the city a tough, battle-hardened look. At the...
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2019.
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Table of Contents:
- 1 The Founding of Tenochtitlán p. 25
- 2 The Spanish Conquest p. 35
- 3 Spanish Colonial Rule p. 43
- 4 Independence and Reaction p. 59
- 5 The Porfiriato p. 73
- 6 The Years of Revolution p. 87
- 7 From Revolution to Megalopolis p. 97
- 8 Apocalypse and Beyond p. 113
- The City Today
- The Zócalo p. 127
- Chapultepec Park p. 137
- Arena México p. 145
- Coyoacán's Ghosts p. 151
- A Mexican Breakfast p. 161
- La Santa Muerte in Tepito p. 165
- Los Alebrijes p. 169
- The Museo Soumaya and Nuevo Polanco p. 175
- Xochimilco p. 179
- Virgen de Guadalupe p. 185.