Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Brasch, R.

Mexico Country of contrasts R. Brasch - New York David McKay Company, Inc. 1967 - 210 p.

Includes Index

A land of contrasts : Abrief history : Who are the Mexicans? : A pioneering flight : Sleepoing cops and other hazards : The eagle and the snake : Mexico City : Chapultepec, the park of the grasshopper : Music : A place of fine arts and folklore ballet : Venice in Mexico : Bull-fighting : The world's fastest game : A blitz on culture : The museum of Anthropology : Diego Rivera, Mexico's controversial painter : A twentieth century pyramid : A weird woman : The museum of Modern Art : Hotels : On Mexican food and drink : An all-purpose plant : A night at the Lottery : Arts and crafts : Coffins for sale and the thieves market : Toluca and the Indian Market : The first lady of Mexico : The invinvibility of faith : Holy days with a difference : The Jews of Mexico : The pyramids of the Sun and the moon : Tula and the Toltecs : Palenque an archaeological treasure house : In the city of windmills : The scared well of sacrifice : Uxmal and Kabah : The birth of a volcano : A town of 365 Churches : The city of Angels and the Secret Convent of Santa Monica : Taxco the Silver City : A Miscellany of Mexican Manners : In the way of speaking : A vistit to fabulous Acapulo : Appendix A and B : Index

Travel guide to Mexico and its history.

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Description and travel Mexico

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