Survivors in Mexico
eBook - PDF

Survivors in Mexico

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eBook - PDF

Survivors in Mexico

About this book

The publication of Rebecca West’s Survivors in Mexico marks an important literary event: the rescue from oblivion of a daring and provocative work by a major twentieth-century writer. This book is West’s exhilarating exploration of Mexican history, religion, and culture - a work the author clearly conceived as a companion and sequel to her masterpiece about the Balkans, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941). Although West never brought Survivors to completion, she left behind a series of extensive drafts and revisions that Bernard Schweizer has meticulously assembled and edited. The result is a welcome addition to the Rebecca West canon - a compelling travel memoir/history comparable to her best work, and one certain to gain readers and critical acclaim.

West's narrative takes on all of Mexican history - the conquest by Spain, the Mexican Revolution, and the muralist movement - and explores the inner lives of such figures as Cortés, Montezuma, the Reclus brothers, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Dr. Atl, and Leon Trotsky. Highlighting contradictions and paradoxes in the personal and public spheres, she offers brilliant insights into Mexican art and culture as well as human culture and destiny.

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Yes, you can access Survivors in Mexico by Victoria Kahn, Lorna Hutson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Mexican History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
1993
eBook ISBN
9780300159387
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Mexico City I
  5. Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
  6. Leon Trotsky
  7. Mexico City II
  8. Race Relations I
  9. Chapultepec I
  10. Anthropological Museum I
  11. Aztec Society
  12. Anthropological Museum II
  13. Chapultepec II
  14. Juan de ZummĂĄraga
  15. Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain
  16. Minerals and Mines
  17. Hernån Cortés
  18. Doña Marina
  19. Religion and Sorcery
  20. Quetzalcoatl
  21. Montezuma
  22. TenochtitlĂĄn
  23. Race Relations II
  24. Cuauhtémoc
  25. Dr. Atl I
  26. Elie and Elisée Reclus
  27. Dr. Atl II
  28. Revolution
  29. Dr. Atl III
  30. Benito Mussolini
  31. Dr. Atl IV
  32. Appendix: Three Book Reviews
  33. Notes
  34. Index