The Mexico City reader
By: edited by Rubén Gallo ; translated by Lorna Scott Fox and Rubén Gallo.
Contributors: Gallo, Rubén.; Fox, Lorna Scott.
Series: The Americas; Americas (Madison, Wis.)
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Mexico City (Mexico) -- Description and travel.; Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
Description: An anthology of writings, combining literary essays and urban reportage, by various authors, depicts life in Mexico City, describing places and elements old and new, the Metro, monuments, eating and drinking, urban renewal and its disasters, the earthquake, maids, corruption and bureaucracy, the city at its margins, and more.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-329) and indexes.