History: Mexico And Central America from The Owl at the Bridge

Arthus Bertrand, Éditeur, Libraire De La Société De Géographie, 23, Rue Hautefeuille. 1837. "Paris. Imprimerie De C.-L.-F. Panckoucke, Rue des Poitevins, no. 14." on verso of half-title. "Note De L'Éditeur. Cet ouvrage n'était point destiné à l'impression. Ce sont de simples notes recueillies pendant un voyage entrepris dans le but de fonder un établissement au Guazacoalcos.… Ler mais sobre este item

Salisbury, NC, Documentary Publications, 1980. Hard Cover. [x], 133 p.; 29 cm. Title continues: in archives & libraries of Mexico, North America and Europe : Catalogo de documentos para la historia de Yucatan y Campeche que se hallan en diversos archivos y bibliotecas de Mexico y del extranjero / edited by Hector Peres [i.e. Perez] Martinez Reprint. Originally… Ler mais sobre este item

Berkeley, Calif.: Academy of American Franciscan History, 2003. Hard Cover. xiii, 301 p., illus.; 26 cm. Series: Publications of the Academy of American Franciscan History. Franciscan Publications in Nahuatl Series v. 3. "The essays in this volume represent the most recent scholarship on Sahagún and his work. The collection is divided into three parts. The first part deals with… Ler mais sobre este item

Dovehouse Editions, Ottawa; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2000. Soft Cover. 290 p., index; 21.5 cm. Texts by Puig, Rulfo, Carpentier, Sarmiento, and Sabato examine contradictions in Latin American civilization with regard to violence and social and political deadlock. The garbage dump (vertedero) illustrates the plight of people forced to become pariahs in their own countries. Contents include Dialéctica… Ler mais sobre este item

NY, Farrar Straus Giroux [1985]. Hard Cover. [viii], 199 p.; 21 cm. Novel set during the Mexican Revolution, a frustrated spinster, a retired journalist, and a fiery young general are inexplicably drawn together as they face love, death and war. Translation of: El Gringo viejo. Stock# 37,748. Fine/ dj fine.

Contents include Setting, Village History, Economics, Social Structure, The Family, The Life Cycle, Ethos, The Changing Village. "Few peasant communities have been studied more intensively by independent investigators." Softcover. 104 pages, illustrations by Alberto Beltrán; paper; minor shelfwear; Very Good. stock#27813/h.

N.Y., Viking [1987].. Hard Cover. 171 p., maps; 21 cm. 'First American Edition.' Rushdie traveled to Nicaragua during years when the United States was destroying the country to combat Communism. Stock# 37,744. Vg, small remainder mark on fore edge/ dj fine. Literature.

St. Louis, Mo., Great Western Printing Co., 1885. Soft Cover. 28 p., map; 23 cm. Title continues: on the Evening of November 4, 1885, To Consider the Subject of Building a Ship Railway Across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Good+, blue printed paper covers; front cover & 1st page detached, upper corner trimmed. Stock#OB430.

New York, Heritage Press, [1949?]. Hard Cover. xx, 558 p., color plates, including col. map, 25 cm. With the preface by the author; the text edited, with an introduction, by Harry Block; and the illustrations drawn by Miguel Covarrubias. Issued in case. Stock# 37,740. Vg, faint, small blue crayon scribble on front cover/ slipcase worn.

NY, Devin-Adair, 1958. "A journal of six months in Mexico." Rodman interviewed "distinguished personalities in theater and public life." Hard Cover. xvi, 298 pages, illus.; 22 cm. Vg/ dj vg. Stock#NS0134.

Salisbury, N.C., Documentary Publications, 1983. Hard Cover. vii, [8], 217 p., index, photos, map. 'Provides a balanced, comprehensive analysis of the historical, political and socio-economic forces at work in Central America in the 1980's.' Stock #23123x. Vg/vg.

London, Verso, c1984. Translation by Ann Wright of Me llamo Rigoberta Menchù y así me nació la conciencia. Rigoberta Menchù tells of growing up a peasant in Guatemala and of her struggle for social justice. Soft Cover. xxi, 251, [1] pages; 21 cm. Long gift inscription on title-page, else Very Good. Stock#36539 (s-b).

Harper & Row [1970]. A closely researched account of an early American culture clash: how the Aztec mythic world and the cult of Huitzilopochtli made Montezuma vulnerable and how Cortes used the Virgin Mary as a counter. Soft Cover. xvi, 319 pages, index, plate, map; 20.5 cm. Paper; Very Good. Stock#24408x/house.

Mexico, DF, Enero 1953. Soft Cover. Dirección General de Asuntos Indígenas de la Secretaría de Educación Pública. A primer to alphabetize the indigenous Chontal language of Oaxaca in Mexico. 'La presente cartilla se ha formado como una modesta aportación a la Campaña Nacional de Alfabetización... para Indígenas Monolingües y a la cultura de los pueblos de habla huamelulteca.… Ler mais sobre este item