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University of Chicago Press, 1948. Unknown Binding. Good. . Ex-library book with stamps/ stickers.

Univ. of Chicago Press. Used - Like New. Hardcover. Foreword by Manuel Gamio. 1969 Hardcover. Fine.

Univ. of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. 1969. Cloth, no dj. Very Good. Fifth impression.

xxv+ 671 pages with 23 plates, maps, figures, illustrations, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7 1/4") bound in original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Third printing. A land of tremendous contrasts: high mountains ranges great arid wastes, dense tropical jungles . . .illiterate, isolated peoples "united" by ox cart and donkey, struggling for modern educational opportunities . . . a beautiful and modern capital city surrounded by an agrarian primitivism - this is the country of Nathan Whetten's Rural Mexico. In this pioneer effort toward an over-all rural sociology of Mexico, Whetten analyzes the great social problems facing the country and points the way to the solution of some. Contents: Jacket corners, spine extremities and head edges chipped. Price clipped. Corners bumped else a very good to fine copy in a very good jacket.

Mexico DF : [University of Chicago Press], 1953., 1953. Very Good. 413 pp. ; illustrated ; OCLC: 12260210 ; LC: HD325 ; SIGNED presentation by the author to A. H. Jorgensen, the President of the University of Connecticut ; beige textured cloth with gold lettering ; colour illustrations by David Alfara Siqueiro on frontispiece ; pencil sketches and biographies of famous characters from recent Mexican history : Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon, Jose Maria Luis Mora, Benito Juarez, Francisco I Madero, Venustiano Carranza; Alvaro Obregon; Plutarcho Elias Calles, Emili o Portes Gil, Abelardo L. Rodriguez, Lazaro Cardenas; Manuel Avila Camacho ; Miguel Aleman; Aldolfo Ruiz Cortines, Wistiano Luis Orozco, Hernan Laborde, Jesus Silva Herzog, Lucio Mendieta y Nunez, Marte R Gomez, Narciso Bassols, Francisco Villa, Emi liano Zapata, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Salvador Alvarado, Antonio I Villarreal, Lucio Blanco, Ursulo Galvin, Graciano Sanchez, Saturnino Cedillo, Basilio Vadillo, Otillo Montano, Antonio Diaz Soto y… Read More