Download or read book Mexican Monuments written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monuments of Progress written by Claudia Agostoni and published by UNAM. This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A social and cultural history of public health in Mexico during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The book offers a fresh take on the history of medicine and public health by shifting away from the history of epidemic disease and heroic accounts of medical men and toward looking at public health in a broader social framework. It shows how new public health policies were instrumental in the 'modernisation' of Mexico. Adds to a small, but fast-growing body of literature, on the history of public health in Latin America and other developing areas of the world.
Download or read book Inventory of 861 Monuments of Mexican Colonial Architecture written by Adriaan C. Oss and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Monuments written by Sergiusz Michalski and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public monuments to significant individuals or to political concepts are all too familiar. But the notions underlying them are not so obvious. Sergiusz Michalski traces the history of the public monument from the 1870s, when erecting them became an artistic, political and social pre-occupation, to today when the distinction between public monuments and public sculpture is increasingly blurred. The author shows how, in its golden age – up until 1914 – the public monument served the purpose of both education and legitimization. The French Third Republic, for example, envisaged the monument as a symbol of bourgeois meritocracy. In more recent decades, the public monument has been charged with the task of commemorating and symbolizing one of humankind's most terrible catastrophes - the Holocaust. Today, although the artistic failure of countless European war memorials has signaled the beginning of the demise of the public monument in the West, it continues to flourish elsewhere, commemorating despotic leaders from Kim Il Sung to Saddam Hussein.
Download or read book Reversible Monuments written by Mónica de la Torre and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexican Poetry has flourished during the last thirty years, and this ambitious multi-lingual anthology surveys the vibrant and eclectic work of poets born after 1950. The poetry of this new generation reflects a wealth of backgrounds, regions, styles, and especially influences -- including traditional and inventive narrative, formalism, lyrics, suites, and experimental verse. This is also the first generation of Mexican poets to hold in common an international perspective. Unlike anthologies offering only one or two poems by each author, Reversible Monuments affords its poets space enough to present larger-than-usual selections, allowing readers to more fully realize the individual voices. The translations, by both distinguished translators and brilliant new practitioners, are concise and transparent, and most are published here for the first time. In addition, several indigenous poets who write in Zapotec, Tzeltal, and Mazatec are presented tri-lingually. Book jacket.
Download or read book Researches Concerning the Institutions Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America Advertisement of the editor Picturesque atlas of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent Monuments of America and picturesque views of the Cordilleras Statue of an Azteck priestess View of the great square of Mexico Natural bridges of Icononzo Passage of Quindiu in the Cordillera of the Andes Fall of the Tequendama Pyramid of Cholula Detached mass of the pyramid of Cholula Monument of Xochicalco Volcano of Cotopaxi Mexican monument in relief found at Oaxaca Genealogy of the princes of Azcapozalco An Azteck hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the Library of the Vatican Costumes delineated by the Mexican painters in the time of Montezuma Azteck hieroglyphics from the manuscript of Veletri View of Chimborazo and Carguairazo Peruvian monument at Cannar Rock of Inti Guaicu Ynga Chungana near Cannar Interior of the house of the Inca at Cannar Azteck bas relief found in the great square of Mexico Basaltic rocks and Cascade of Regla Relief in basalt representing the Mexican calendar Ceorrespondence of English weight and measures with those used in France written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. He travelled the world, once staying at the White House as a guest of Thomas Jefferson, and is commemorated in the many species and places which bear his name. This two volume work, published in French in 1810 as Vue des Cordillères, and in this English translation in 1814, was one of the many publications that resulted from Humboldt's expedition to Latin America in 1799-1804. It describes geographical features such as volcanoes and waterfalls, and aspects of the indigenous cultures including architecture, sculpture, art, languages and writing systems, religions, costumes and artefacts. This approachable, closely observed travelogue vividly recounts a huge variety of impressions and experiences, and reveals Humboldt's boundless curiosity as well as his scientific and cultural knowledge.
Download or read book Teachable Monuments written by Sierra Rooney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monuments around the world have become the focus of intense and sustained discussions, activism, vandalism, and removal. Since the convulsive events of 2015 and 2017, during which white supremacists committed violence in the shadow of Confederate symbols, and the 2020 nationwide protests against racism and police brutality, protesters and politicians in the United States have removed Confederate monuments, as well as monuments to historical figures like Christopher Columbus and Dr. J. Marion Sims, questioning their legitimacy as present-day heroes that their place in the public sphere reinforces. The essays included in this anthology offer guidelines and case studies tailored for students and teachers to demonstrate how monuments can be used to deepen civic and historical engagement and social dialogue. Essays analyze specific controversies throughout North America with various outcomes as well as examples of monuments that convey outdated or unwelcome value systems without prompting debate.
Download or read book Archaeological Studies Among the Ancient Cities of Mexico written by William Henry Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published by the Field Columbian Museum, this book is an archaeological study of the ancient sites of Mexico.
Download or read book Archaeological Studies Among the Ancient Cities of Mexico Monuments of Chiapas Oaxaca and the Valley of Mexico written by William Henry Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collecting Mexico written by Shelley E. Garrigan and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers how public collections on display form powerful ideas of nationalism
Download or read book Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America with Descriptions Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras written by Wilhelm Freiherr von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monuments written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2007, Arizona artist David Taylor began photographing the monuments that mark the border between Mexico and the United States, aiming to document each of the 276 obelisks installed by the International Boundary Commission following the Mexican/American War. Taylor's documentation is reflective of a survey conducted by the photographer D.R. Payne between 1891 and 1895 under the auspices of the Boundary Commission (now the International Boundary and Water Commission or IBWC). While many people have photographed the border, there has been no full documentation of the monuments in more than 100 years. This volume combines Taylor's series with texts by curator Claire Carter and cultural geographer Daniel Arreola, humanizing a zone in transition in the wake of drug smuggling, immigration debates and a post-9/11 security climate. Monuments exists as a typology, the incongruous obelisks acting as witness to a shifting national identity as expressed through an altered physical terrain.
Download or read book Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humboldt vividly describes the geography and culture of Latin America in this 1810 travelogue, published in English translation in 1814.
Download or read book The Mexican Year Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Remembering written by and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within this volume's pages, readers will find descriptions and directions to some of New Mexico's unique, sometimes controversial, cemeteries, monuments, and memorials as well as a beginner's guide to geneology. (Environmental Studies)
Download or read book Baltimore Monuments written by Thomas Cotter and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tour the monuments of the Monumental City. From its beginning as a small town on the banks of the Patapsco River in 1729, Baltimore has played a significant role in the development of the United States. To commemorate those persons or events that have contributed to the city and the nation's history, Baltimore was the first American city to build public monuments. Persons honored by these monuments have included artists, entertainers, athletes, civic leaders, government officials, military veterans, public servants, religious leaders, social reformers, and war heroes. Local historian Thomas Cotter discusses the history of each monument, its origin, notable designers, funding methods, dedication ceremony, and a description of the monument itself.
Download or read book Researches Concerning the Institutions Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America with Descriptions Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
