Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People

Winner of a Commonwealth gold medal for Nonfiction and lauded as one of the five best history books of the year by the Los Angeles Times, this epic history of Mexico tells the story of that country's tumultuous origin and development--from its Olmec, Aztec, and Mayan heritage to its present-day incarnation as a dependent, struggling and economically unstable modern country. The history of Mexico, writes Ramón Eduardo Ruiz, one of our most distinguished Mexicanists, is one long tragedy intermittently punctuated by triumph.

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 08/01/1993
Pages: 514
Weight: 1.7lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780393310665

About the Author
Ruíz, Ramón Eduardo: - Ramón Eduardo Ruíz is a professor in the history department at the University of California San Diego at La Jolla.