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Mexico City : a cultural and literary companion / Nick Caistor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caistor, Nick.
- Series:
- Cities of the imagination
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexico City (Mexico)--Description and travel.
- Mexico City (Mexico).
- Mexico City (Mexico)--In literature.
- Mexico City (Mexico)--History--Miscellanea.
- Mexico City (Mexico)--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Interlink Books, 2000.
- Summary:
- Mexico City, the oldest city in the Americas, it is now the world's largest urban area. Formerly the center of the Aztec and Spanish empires, this vast modern metropolis is home to over fifteen million people mirroring Mexico's mixed cultural identity. Rapid growth and industrial expansion have created dramatic environmental problems, turning Mexico City into what has been called the first '"post-apocalypse" city.
- Nick Caistor explores this city of extremes, revealing its turbulent past and chaotic present through its urban landscape. Looking at Aztec ruins, baroque monuments and modernistic complexes, he traces the history of a volatile and vibrant city, where conquest, revolution and natural disaster have left their marks.
- Contents:
- The First City 4
- Capital of New Spain 8
- Independence, Emperors and Dictators 20
- Reform and Reaction 25
- Revolution and Nation 29
- Megacity and Beyond 34
- Part 1 Ritual Spaces
- The Templo Mayor or Great Temple, 1519/1978 41
- The Cathedral, 1525/1998 48
- Tepeyac Hill: The Virgin of Guadalupe, 1531 54
- Plaza Mayor/Zocalo, 1539/1847 61
- The House of the Fig Tree, 1597/1934 67
- Part 2 Heroes and Villains
- The Tacuba Causeway, 1520 75
- Chapultepec Castle, 1865 2
- The Angel de la Independencia, 1910/1957 89
- La Ciudadela, 1913 96
- Arena Coliseo, 1938/1984 102
- Part 3 La Calavera
- The Candelaria de los Patos, 1869 109
- Posada's Engraving Shop, 1910 115
- Coyoacan 123
- Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Tlateloloco, 1968 131
- Mema's House, Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, 1988 138
- Part 4 Grandeza Mexicana
- The Utopian City, 1554 145
- The Convent of San Jeronimo, 1692 153
- The Ministry of Education, 1923 162
- Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1984 169
- Plaza Garibaldi: Astrid Hadad, 1996 176
- Part 5 "Its Ruins Will Tell the World"
- Avenida Chapultepec, 1325/1995 185
- Mercado La Merced, 1519/1950 190
- The Alameda, 1692/1985 194
- La Casa de los Azulejos, 1734/1978 201
- Mixcoac, 1914/1989 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-222) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1566563496
- OCLC:
- 42780370
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