Author: Francisco Hernández
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804739634
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87). One of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work The Natural History of New Spain, whose descriptions of over 3,000 plants unknown to Europe have been used for centuries by scientists, physicians, and natural philosophers.
The Mexican Treasury
Author: Francisco Hernández
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804739634
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87). One of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work The Natural History of New Spain, whose descriptions of over 3,000 plants unknown to Europe have been used for centuries by scientists, physicians, and natural philosophers.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804739634
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87). One of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work The Natural History of New Spain, whose descriptions of over 3,000 plants unknown to Europe have been used for centuries by scientists, physicians, and natural philosophers.
A Treasury of Mexican Folkways
Author: Frances Toor
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
The customs, myths, folklore, traditions, beliefs, fiestas, dances, and songs of the Mexican people.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
The customs, myths, folklore, traditions, beliefs, fiestas, dances, and songs of the Mexican people.
Western Mexico
Author: Tony Burton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893518018
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In western Mexico, far from the biggest resorts, Burton has discovered a region that has retained the ancient culture and traditions, the Mexico behind the mask. This guide includes suggestions for day trips and longer overnight routes, all within three hours driving time of Guadalajara, Chapala or Ajijic.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781893518018
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
In western Mexico, far from the biggest resorts, Burton has discovered a region that has retained the ancient culture and traditions, the Mexico behind the mask. This guide includes suggestions for day trips and longer overnight routes, all within three hours driving time of Guadalajara, Chapala or Ajijic.
The Power and the Money
Author: Noel Maurer
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804742856
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Facing financial chaos, Porfirio Diaz’s strategy in the 1880s was to create a bank with a legal monopoly over lending to the government and to enforce elites’ property rights in order to get their support. This book shows how Mexican leaders, even after the Mexican Revolution, failed to alter these basic economic and political policies, resulting in a continuing high level of financial and industrial concentration.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804742856
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Facing financial chaos, Porfirio Diaz’s strategy in the 1880s was to create a bank with a legal monopoly over lending to the government and to enforce elites’ property rights in order to get their support. This book shows how Mexican leaders, even after the Mexican Revolution, failed to alter these basic economic and political policies, resulting in a continuing high level of financial and industrial concentration.
Pati Jinich Treasures of the Mexican Table
Author: Pati Jinich
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0358086760
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
The "buoyant and brainy Mexican cooking authority" (New York Times) and star of the three-time James Beard Award-winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table brings together more than 150 iconic dishes that define the country's cuisine
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0358086760
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
The "buoyant and brainy Mexican cooking authority" (New York Times) and star of the three-time James Beard Award-winning PBS series Pati's Mexican Table brings together more than 150 iconic dishes that define the country's cuisine
Developing Government Bond Markets: A Handbook
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821349557
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This handbook is a comprehensive and authoritative reference for both senior policymakers—those responsible for the development of government bond markets in their own countries—and all individuals responsible for guiding the market development process at the operational level—those who have a substantial need to understand the policy issues involved.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821349557
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
This handbook is a comprehensive and authoritative reference for both senior policymakers—those responsible for the development of government bond markets in their own countries—and all individuals responsible for guiding the market development process at the operational level—those who have a substantial need to understand the policy issues involved.
Mamá Goose
Author: Alma Flor Ada
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316540209
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : es
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents lullabies, finger plays, nursery rhymes, games, riddles, proverbs, and more in Spanish and English.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316540209
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : es
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents lullabies, finger plays, nursery rhymes, games, riddles, proverbs, and more in Spanish and English.
Alleged Payments by the Mexican Government to United States Senators: Hearings, Dec. 20, 1927. 1928
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate Propaganda or Money Alleged to Have Been Used by Foreign Governments to Influence United States Senators
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political corruption
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political corruption
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Infusions of Healing
Author: Joie Davidow
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This treasury of Mexican-American herbal medicine presents hundreds of safe, effective herbal treatments for everyday ailments--teas, liniments, compresses, salves, and soothing baths for headaches, colds, fevers, digestive problems, menstrual cramps, and aches and pains. In addition, more than 200 herbs are cataloged and cross-referenced. 10 line drawings.
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
This treasury of Mexican-American herbal medicine presents hundreds of safe, effective herbal treatments for everyday ailments--teas, liniments, compresses, salves, and soothing baths for headaches, colds, fevers, digestive problems, menstrual cramps, and aches and pains. In addition, more than 200 herbs are cataloged and cross-referenced. 10 line drawings.
Barbarous Mexico
Author: John Kenneth Turner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
An early 20th century American journalist's articles on Mexico before the Revolution.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
An early 20th century American journalist's articles on Mexico before the Revolution.