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USA: Basic Books: Harper Collins, 1975. Paperback. Used-water stains, page yellowing, underlining. 5.25x8. Beltran, Alberto. Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty, by Oscar Lewis (1914-1970), published in 1975, is a truly important work in modern cultural anthropology, Five Families is a dramatic and forceful account of the men, women, and children of five Mexican families and the impoverished communities in which they live. The author earned his Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University and was a professor of anthropology at Brooklyn College, Washington University and the University of Illinois. From his first visit to Mexico in 1943, Mexican peasants and city dwellers were among his major interests. In addition to several books, Lewis published widely in both academic journals and popular periodicals. He was the recipient of many distinguished grants and fellowships, including two Guggenheims.
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Five Families: Mexican Case Studies in the Culture of Poverty, Oscar Lewis 1975
by Lewis, Oscar
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The Mexicans : A Personal Portrait of a People
by Oster, Patrick
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Perennial, 1990. Remainder. Pages Clean, Binding Firm.. Wraps (Paperback). Moderate edgewear. Pages unmarked..
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Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders
by Virgil Carrington Jones
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EPM Publications, Inc, 1988. Paperback. Good. No dustjacket as issued. Cover has some wear. Moderate foxing on top pages. Light foxing on right and bottom page edges. Two pages have a very small crease in lower right corner. Reprint.
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The world of the ancient Maya by Henderson, John S
by John S Henderson
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Cornell University Press, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Pages clean and in very good condition, dust jacket has a one-inch tear and a few other small tears edge.
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Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages
by William B Taylor
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242 pages including bibliography and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original wrappers. From the library of George M Foster.This study analyzes the impact of Spanish rule on Indian peasant identity in the late colonial period by investigating three areas of social behavior. Based on the criminal trial records and related documents from the regions of central Mexico and Oaxaca, it attempts to discover how peasants conceived of their role under Spanish rule, how they behaved under various kinds of street, and how they felt about their Spanish overlords. In examining the character of village uprisings, typical relationships between killers and the people they killed, and the drinking patterns of the late colonial period, the author finds no warrant for the familiar picture of sullen depredation and despair. Landed persants of colonial Mexico drank moderately on the whole, and mostly on ritual occasions; they killed for personal and not political reasons. Only when new Spanish encroachments… Read More
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A Line In The Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory
by James S. Roberts
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Very Good. Publisher: Free Press, Date of Publication: 2001, Binding: hardcover with DJ, Condition: Very Good.
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La Jefa: Vida Publica Y Privada De Marta Sahagun De Fox
by Wornat, Olga
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Mexico: Grijalbo Mondadori, S.A.-Junior, 2003. Written in Spanish.. Trade Paperback. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Course of Mexican History, Fifth Edition
by Meyer, Michael C.; Sherman, William L
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New York, N. Y.: Oxford Univ Pr, 1995. Edge wear, modest highlights, corners tipping up. . 5th Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall, 723 Pages.
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Historia Minima de Mexico
by Villegas, Bernal, Toscano, Gonzalez,Blanquel & Meyer
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Mexico: El Colegio de Mexico, 1973. (Septima reimpression 1983). Paperback. VERY GOOD-. As new except for occasional underlining and uneven yellowing of pages. From "El Tiempo Prehispanico" to "El Tramo Moderno" with special sections on "La Revolution Mexicana", "El Momento Actual"(1972) and "El Ultimo Decenio: Anos de Crisis, Anos do Oportunidad". 79 pages ISBN: 968120218X.
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Excavations at San Antonio, Chiapas, Mexico: Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation: Number Twenty-Four
by Agrinier, Pierre
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Provo UT, New World Archaeological Foundation/Brigham Young University, 1969, trade paperback, x-62 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Very Good in plain gray card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bottom corner bumped. A report representing the results of seven weeks of archaeological investigation at the inland site on the La Venta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico during the Spring of 1966. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-&-white photos, sketches, maps, plan views, and statistical tables. Appended list of References.
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la lucha por la hegemonia en mexico 1968-1980
by basanez, miguel1
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Mexico: Siglo xxi, 1985. (4a ed.. Trade Paperback. GOOD-. Tight, faintest age tanning to covers and pages, light age soil to top edge of front cover, square. Neatly ruled underlining in the Introduction and sections on "Un Estado Neutral" and "La Economia Antes de 1970". Su preocupacion se centra, en los ultimos doce anos de vida politica en Mexico, en los tres sectores sociales que luchan por ganar la hegemonia: el publico, el privado y la disidencia. 243 indexed, annotated pages including Bibliographia.
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A Line in the Sand: The "Alamo" in Blood & Memory
by Roberts, Randy & Olson, James S
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The Free Press. 1st printing,2001. Very Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo,boards,356pp,illus. edgewear,rubbing,scratches,dust jacket. spine a bit slanted,cover. clean,tight,text. places.
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THE WORLD OF THE ANCIENT MAYA
by Henderson, John S.
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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1981. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 271pp. Biblio, notes & index. Maps, photos, illustrations. Tiny short ink inscription in front.
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Mexican Voices/ American Dreams: An Oral History of Mexican Immigration to the United States
by Davis, Marilyn P
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New York: Henry Holt & Co, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. An oral history of Mexican immigration to the United States. An exploration of the roots of the Mexican-American people, the motivations, struggle, survival, and success of the Mexican immigrant. For the first time, in this oral hstory, the migrants, their families, friends, employers, and descendants re-create in their own words the entire immigration story. The reader may gain a closer understanding and appreciation of the unique heritage of the Mexican people and their impact on life in the United States. Binding of olive green half cloth with black titles, tan boards; two small brown spots on fore edge of text block, otherwise Fine-very clean binding, no edge wear, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Internals are also very clean, free from any markings, no creases. Fine unclipped…
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Pedro Martinez: A Mexican Peasant and His Family
by LEWIS, OSCAR
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New York: Random House, 1964. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Alberto Beltran. Random House, 1964. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. 30 full page drawings, monotone, by Alberto Beltran. Red full cloth w/gilt titles, clean and unmarked, tight and solid. Light wear to extremities. Rough cut. Green endpapers. Former owner name stamp on endpaper. Pages very clean and unmarked. The story of Pedro Martinez and his life and the lives of his wife and children, told in his own words, and sometimes in theirs. 'Pedro Martinez' is an anthropological study and a literary masterpiece. It is a personal and a universal story; the story of his marginal, often brutal life, and also the story of the impact of the twentieth century--its technology, its politics, its revolutions- on the life of peasants generally. lvii, 507 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches.Random House, New York, 1964.
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THE GOVERNORS OF MEXICO
by Southwestern Studies). Alisky, Marvin
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El Paso: Texas Western, 1965. First Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Pictorial wraps. (map by Jose Cisneros). 31pp. Illust. Fine.
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Pampa El Pajon, An Early Estuarine Site, Chiapas, Mexico: Papers of the New World Archaeological Foundation: Number Forty-Four
by Pailles H., Maricruz
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Provo UT, New World Archaeological Foundation/Brigham Young University, 1980, trade paperback, xii-119 pp, edition not stated, no previous printings noted, Very Good+ in plain gray card covers. Straight, tight and clean with no markings. An overview and compilation of the findings related to this ancient site and environs on the Pacific coast of the state of Chiapas, Mexico from the first reconnaissance in 1948 until the date of publication. Profusely illustrated throughout with black-&-white photos, sketches, maps, plan views, and statistical tables. Appended list of References.
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Mexico's Political Awakening
by Chand, Vikram K.
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Migration, Mujercitas, and Medicine Men: Living in Urban Mexico
by Napolitano, Valentina
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The New World of Martin Cortes
by Anna Lanyon
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