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De México a Chicago y Nueva York: guía para el viajero en la que se describen las principales ciudades y ferrocarriles
(1892)Cardona’s guide is intended as a practical companion for traveling by railroad. Along with descriptive passages covering historic landmarks in both the US and Mexico, detailed information is provided regarding the individual railroad companies, the stations they serve, their timetables, tickets, and routes, as well as the design and construction of ... -
Diario de Ignacio Manuel Altamirano: octubre-diciembre de 1889 y enero-abril de 1890
(1889)Altamirano was a professor, novelist, historian, literary critic, and diplomat. The diaries were written during his posting as Consul General to the Mexican consulate in Barcelona, Spain. His diplomatic duties are mentioned only in passing, and the bulk of the entries cover literary matters and gossip, both European and Mexican, with Altamirano ... -
Los Estados Unidos: descripciones de viaje
(1887)Alberto G. Bianchi (1850?-1904?) is primarily known as a playwright and the dramatist’s sense of color and animated conversation is given full rein in his travel book. While dutifully noting historic facts and figures regarding the places and sites he visits, Bianchi is clearly more interested in his fellow travelers and in the natives he encounters ... -
Viaje a los Estados-Unidos Vol. 2
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Viaje a los Estados-Unidos Vol. 3
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La invasión Norte Americana en 1846: ensayo de historia patria militar
(1889)Eduardo Paz was a Brigadier General in the Mexican Army during the 1910 revolution who wrote extensively on military matters, with a particular focus on modernization of equipment and strategy. His volume on the Mexican-American War is an early work and examines the differing approaches of the Mexican and United States armies on such basic questions ... -
Ultimas comunicaciones entre el gobierno mexicano
(1846)Paredes y Arrillaga (1797-1849) was a veteran of the war of independence from Spain (famously fighting on both sides) and an important supporter of Anastasio Bustamante’s anti-imperialist feud with Agustin de Iturbide. He was also an early supporter of Santa Anna’s, but by the time of the Mexican-American War was aligned against him. The diplomatic ... -
Relaciones de las causas que influyeron en los desgraciados sucesos
(1847)An anonymous defense of the military leadership of Antonio Santa Anna during the Mexican-American War. The author makes use of the battle orders issued by General Santa Anna to his subordinate commander Gabriel Valencia and General Valencia’s replies during the hours leading up to the battle of Churubusco, as well as those issued during the height ... -
Memorias para la historia de la guerra de Tejas. Vol. 1
(1848)Filisola was an Italian-born soldier who fought in Mexico’s war of independence from Spain, rising through the ranks and ultimately commanding the force which liberated Mexico City in 1821. He served in Guatemala during the period of Iturbide’s annexation of that country and in various other capacities in the years before the revolution in Texas, ... -
Díez y seis pasquines sobre Santa Anna y su época. Coleccionados por Horacio Quiñones.
(1840)A collection of 16 ‘pasquinades’, or, anonymous poetic lampoons posted publicly and compiled by Horacio Quinones, a journalist connected with the Mexico City periodical ‘Buro de Investigación Política’. A number of the pieces make mention of the ‘Yankee’ occupation army, which would date their composition to the period immediately after the end ... -
Historia moral de las mujeres: influencia de la mujer en el progreso y cultura de las naciones: sus deberes, sus derechos en la sociedad y la familia: educación y enseñanza que convendría para su misión. Vol 1 & 2
(1889)Ranges widely over the unique and often hidden position of women in relation to society, from ancient cultures up to the time of writing. Touches upon every continent and explores the role of women in the growth of civilization, as well as the impact of religion, law, and the private and public expectations and demands of men on them. Individual ... -
Los Estados Unidos: notas y episodios de viaje
(1884)In the late 1880s Alberto Lombardo traveled by train and steamboat through much of the United States, noting the natural features of the countryside, the architecture of the cities and towns, and the customs and social behavior of the Americans he encountered. Setting out from Mexico City and traveling to Veracruz, Lombardo began his American journey ... -
Viaje a los Estados-Unidos Vol. 1
(1877)
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