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Author
Publisher
Prentice-Hall
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
The renowned psychoanalyst Erich Fromm not only analyzed society and societal processes. Together with Michael Maccoby he did a study of Mexican peasants to empirically illustrate how historical, economic and social requirements determine behavior. Social Character in a Mexican Village does much more than introduce a new approach to the analysis of social phenomena. It throws new light on one of the world's most pressing problems, the impact of...
7) The people
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Italy has grappa, Russia has vodka, Jamaica has rum. Around the world, certain drinks-especially those of the intoxicating kind-are synonymous with their peoples and cultures. For Mexico, this drink is tequila. For many, tequila can conjure up scenes of body shots on Cancún bars and coolly garnished margaritas on sandy beaches. Its power is equally strong within Mexico, though there the drink is more often sipped rather than shot, enjoyed casually...
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex, increasingly turbulent neighbor to our south. It is the story of a country in crisis -- poverty, class tensions, political corruption -- as told through stories of individuals. From Augustín, an honest cop, we learn that many in the Mexican police force use torture as their number-one-crime-solving technique; from Julio Scherer Garcia, a leading newspaper editor, we learn how kidnapping and...
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"Mexico's intriguing history, culture and landscape are illuminated in this program about the life and heritage of Mexican Americans. Children learn how to say a few words in Spanish, take a tour of the Olvera Street market in Los Angeles -- the oldest Mexican-American market in the United States -- and learn how to make a colorful yarn painting. They'll also enjoy an animated folktale called The Great Race and sing along with the chorus to the Mexican...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Mexicans in the Making of America examines the impact of Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants on U.S. culture, politics, and economy since the 1848 U.S.-Mexican War, when the United States seized the northern half of Mexico--the present-day states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (annexed in 1846), Nevada, Utah, and parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma. From the moment the United States signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo...
