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The Mexican earth / Todd Downing ; with illustrations by Howard Willard ; foreword by Wolfgang Hochbruck.
LIBRA F1226 .D69 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downing, Todd, 1902-1974.
- Series:
- American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 20.
- American Indian literature and critical studies series ; v. 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexico--History.
- Mexico.
- History.
- Mexico--Description and travel.
- Indians of Mexico.
- Downing, Todd, 1902-1974.
- Downing, Todd.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- After extensive excursions in Mexico, Todd Downing came to see Mexican history from the perspective of the land and its native people. A Choctaw Indian himself, he identified with the Indios, and in The Mexican Earth he narrates - within the frame of a travelogue - Mexican history from an indigenous point of view. Along with historical highlights - the Aztecs and the Spanish conquest, the first struggles for liberty and Maximilian's empire, and the revolutions and strife of the early twentieth century - Downing presents the folklore and anecdotes of the people, and of their gods and heroes, that reveal the color, depth, and variety of Mexican life. This second edition includes a new bibliography, an extensive index, and a foreword, in which Wolfgang Hochbruck explores Downing's life and works within the context of Native American writing.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. With new foreword.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-340) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0806127880
- OCLC:
- 33166643
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