[PDF.43rt] The City of Mexico in the Age of Díaz

The City of Mexico in the Age of Díaz

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 | #1513720 in Books |  1997-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.39 x5.98l,.63 | File type: PDF | 168 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Excellent book.|By Customer|Best book I have read so far on the Porfiriato in English. The author superbly captures the tremendous wealth disparity in late 19th-century Mexico under the despised dictator. As someone who lives in Mexico and has visited the capital freely, I can see how that disparity has continued into the present day.|7 of 7 people found the following review|About the Author|Michael Johns is Professor of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, and the author of The City of Mexico in the Age of Diaz and Moment of Grace: The American City in the 1950s.

Mexico City assumed its current character around the turn of the twentieth century, during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911). In those years, wealthy Mexicans moved away from the Zócalo, the city's traditional center, to western suburbs where they sought to imitate European and American ways of life. At the same time, poorer Mexicans, many of whom were peasants, crowded into eastern suburbs that lacked such basic amenities as schools, potable...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The City of Mexico in the Age of Díaz   |  Michael Johns.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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