Author : Francisco Hernández
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780804739634
This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87). One of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work The Natural History of New Spain, whose descriptions of over 3,000 plants unknown to Europe have been used for centuries by scientists, physicians, and natural philosophers.
Author : Frances Toor
Publisher : Crown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 18,34 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
The customs, myths, folklore, traditions, beliefs, fiestas, dances, and songs of the Mexican people.
Author : Tony Burton
Publisher :
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781893518018
In western Mexico, far from the biggest resorts, Burton has discovered a region that has retained the ancient culture and traditions, the Mexico behind the mask. This guide includes suggestions for day trips and longer overnight routes, all within three hours driving time of Guadalajara, Chapala or Ajijic.
Author : Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,34 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780892064571
Author : Noel Maurer
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780804742856
Facing financial chaos, Porfirio Diaz’s strategy in the 1880s was to create a bank with a legal monopoly over lending to the government and to enforce elites’ property rights in order to get their support. This book shows how Mexican leaders, even after the Mexican Revolution, failed to alter these basic economic and political policies, resulting in a continuing high level of financial and industrial concentration.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Propaganda or Money Alleged to Have Been Used by Foreign Governments to Influence United States Senators
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 14,37 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Political corruption
ISBN :
Author : Pati Jinich
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 27,82 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 0358086760
The "buoyant and brainy Mexican cooking authority" (New York Times) and star of the three-time James Beard Award-winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table brings together more than 150 iconic dishes that define the country's cuisine
Author : Alma Flor Ada
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,22 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316540209
Presents lullabies, finger plays, nursery rhymes, games, riddles, proverbs, and more in Spanish and English.
Author :
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 2001-09-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821349557
This handbook is a comprehensive and authoritative reference for both senior policymakers—those responsible for the development of government bond markets in their own countries—and all individuals responsible for guiding the market development process at the operational level—those who have a substantial need to understand the policy issues involved.
Author : Joie Davidow
Publisher : Touchstone
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 18,20 MB
Release : 1999-10-05
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
This treasury of Mexican-American herbal medicine presents hundreds of safe, effective herbal treatments for everyday ailments--teas, liniments, compresses, salves, and soothing baths for headaches, colds, fevers, digestive problems, menstrual cramps, and aches and pains. In addition, more than 200 herbs are cataloged and cross-referenced. 10 line drawings.
