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A Nation of Emigrants
University of California Press 2008; US$ 55.00What do governments do when much of their population simply gets up and walks away? In Mexico and other migrant-sending countries, mass emigration prompts governments to negotiate a new social contract with their citizens abroad. After decades of failed efforts to control outflow, the Mexican state now emphasizes voluntary ties, dual nationality, and... more...
A Line in the Sand
Free Press 2001; Not AvailableIn late February and early March of 1836, the Mexican Army under the command of General Antonio López de Santa Anna besieged a small force of Anglo and Tejano rebels at a mission known as the Alamo. The defenders of the Alamo were in an impossible situation. They knew very little of the events taking place outside the mission walls. They did not have... more...
Fanning the Sacred Flame
University Press of Colorado 2012; US$ 40.00Fanning the Sacred Flame: Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of H. B. Nicholson contains twenty-two original papers in tribute to H. B. "Nick" Nicholson, a pioneer of Mesoamerican research. His intellectual legacy is recognized by Mesoamerican archaeologists, art historians, ethnohistorians, and ethnographers--students, colleagues, and friends who derived... more...
Engendering Mayan History: Kaqchikel Women as Agents and Conduits of the Past 1875-1970
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 39.95Presenting Mayan history from the perspective of Mayan women--whose voices until now have not been documented--David Carey allows these women to present their worldviews in their native language, adding a rich layer to recent Latin American historiography, and increasing our comprehension of indigenous perspectives of the past. Drawing on years of... more...
Primitive Revolution
University of New Mexico Press 2011; US$ 29.95In this intriguing study, Jason Dormady examines the ways members of Mexico's urban and rural poor used religious community to mediate between themselves and the state through the practice of religious primitivism, the belief that they were restoring more...
Narcoland
Verso Books 2013; US$ 26.95The product of five years of investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to author Anabel Hernández, Narcoland has been a publishing and political sensation in Mexico. The definitive history and anatomy of... more...
The A to Z of Ancient Mesoamerica
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 33.99The A to Z of Ancient Mesoamerica covers some of the major discoveries throughout ancient Mesoamerica from the last 100 years. The results of previous and continuing research and explorations, plus recent interpretations of ancient cultures and new work at archaeological sites in Mesoamerica are summarized here. Included in this volume are information... more...
Two Nations Indivisible
Oxford University Press, USA 2013; US$ 20.99Five freshly decapitated human heads are thrown onto a crowded dance floor in western Mexico. A Mexican drug cartel dismembers the body of a rival and then stitches his face onto a soccer ball. These are the sorts of grisly tales that dominate the media, infiltrate movies and TV shows, and ultimately shape Americans' perception of Mexico as a dangerous... more...
Buñuel and Mexico
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95Though Luis Bunuel, one of the most important filmmakers of the twentieth century, spent his most productive years as a director in Mexico, film histories and criticism invariably pay little attention to his work during this period. The only English-language study of Bunuel's Mexican films, this book is the first to explore a significant but neglected... more...
The Blood of the Serpent
Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 28.95Inside Mexico - a historian and talented writer provides a comprehensive view of the history and culture, with throbbing scenes of contemporary. life at all levels and in all regions. more...









