mexico

Biogrpahy of Doroteo Arango, known better as Pancho Villa, a high-ranking leader of Mexican Revolution.

Locates the paintings in their cultural background and explores the artists' achievements within the political framework of their homeland.

Presents a biography of Mexican artist Diego Rivera, from his childhood through his death in 1957.

Provides a biography of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata discussing the leader's early life, political ideologies, role in the Mexican Revolution, and violent death. Includes a timeline and black-and-white photographs.

Traces the history of U.S.-Mexican relations, placing the roots of Mexican immigration in the context of the global economy and offers teachers practical strategies to help their students understand the immigrant experience and what life is like along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.

Illustrations and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to the history, lifestyle, art, and culture of the Aztecs.

Contains several essays that describe retablo art, or sacred paintings on tin, from Mexico in the nineteenth century, and includes color pictures, restoration philosophy, conservation methods, and a description of the iconography present in the retablos.

A collection of Mexican folktales.