Mexico and Her People of To-day / An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development and Resources of Their Country

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PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I AZTEC LAND

CHAPTER II ACROSS THE PLATEAUS

CHAPTER III THE CAPITAL

CHAPTER IV THE VALLEY OF ANAHUAC

CHAPTER V THE TROPICS

CHAPTER VI A GLIMPSE OF THE ORIENTAL IN THE OCCIDENT

CHAPTER VII THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC

CHAPTER VIII IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE ANCIENTS

CHAPTER IX WOMAN AND HER SPHERE

CHAPTER X THE PEON

CHAPTER XI CUSTOMS AND CHARACTERISTICS

CHAPTER XII HOLIDAYS AND HOLY-DAYS

CHAPTER XIII A TRANSPLANTED SPORT

CHAPTER XIV EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

CHAPTER XV MINES AND MINING

CHAPTER XVI RAILWAYS AND THEIR INFLUENCE

CHAPTER XVII RELIGIOUS FORCES

CHAPTER XVIII PASSING OF THE LAWLESS

CHAPTER XIX THE STORY OF THE REPUBLIC

CHAPTER XX THE GUIDING HAND

CHAPTER XXI THE REVOLUTION OF 1910

CHAPTER XXII THE SIERRAS AND BEYOND

CHAPTER XXIII THE RUINED CITIES OF YUCATAN

CHAPTER XXIV THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE

FOOTNOTES

APPENDICES I

INDEX

Title: Mexico and Her People of To-day

An Account of the Customs, Characteristics, Amusements, History and Advancement of the Mexicans, and the Development and Resources of Their Country

Author: Nevin O. (Nevin Otto) Winter

Language: English

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MEXICO AND
HER PEOPLE
OF TO-DAY

AN ACCOUNT OF THE
CUSTOMS, CHARACTERISTICS, AMUSEMENTS,
HISTORY AND ADVANCEMENT
OF THE MEXICANS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT
AND RESOURCES OF THEIR
COUNTRY

BY
NEVIN O. WINTER

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BY THE

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TO
My Mother
AND THE MEMORY OF
My Father


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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