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In their bestselling book Civilization One, the authors provided evidence for a prehistoric measuring system that indicated the existence of an ancient lost civilisation - now they have found archaeological proof that predates the pyramids by a thousand years.

In seven substantial essays, previously unpublished, Alan Knight offers a distinct perspective on several overarching themes in Latin American history, spanning approximately two centuries, from 1800 to 2000.

The mandala is used as an object to basically focus your attention on something while meditating. Because of the symmetrical shape, your attention is directed to the center. People in the Western world often used a freer form of the mandala which is preferred by them. It is more reflective of the inner self and unconscious self. Regardless of what mandala you use, coloring can be very meditative and quite relaxing.Children can also fully enjoy...

The mandala is used as an object to basically focus your attention on something while meditating. Because of the symmetrical shape, your attention is directed to the center. People in the Western world often used a freer form of the mandala which is preferred by them. It is more reflective of the inner self and unconscious self. Regardless of what mandala you use, coloring can be very meditative and quite relaxing.Children can also fully enjoy...

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The Mexican Revolution was a 'great' revolution, decisive for Mexico, important within Latin America, and comparable to the other major revolutions of modern history. Alan Knight offers a succinct account of the period, from the initial uprising against Porfirio Diaz and the ensuing decade of civil war, to the enduring legacy of the Revolution.

Los textos aqui publicados aparecieron originalmente en el numero 214 de Historia Mexicana correspondiente al trimestre de octubre a septiembre de 2004"--T.p. verso.

The public and private letters of merchants which present a lively panorama of early life in Spanish-American society.

The first in a three-volume history, covering the period 25, 000 BC to the sixteenth century.

Offers a fresh interpretation of the great schism of 1914-15, which divided the Mexican revolution in its moment of victory, and which led to the final bout of civil war between the forces of Pancho Villa and Venustiano Carranza.

A can-do, positive narrative on sustainable development. This narrative might come across as simplistic, but it is well informed through real life experiences and contrasts. It draws on the combined emotional and technical intelligence developed by being confronted with: a child making brass door handles in squalor in India, the memory of another child's face when the toy they dreamed for was out of stock, the sight of a beautifully laid-out g...

This book is one in a three volume general history of Mexico, comprising (I) the PreConquest period to 1521, (II) the Colonial period from 1521 to 1821, and (III) the National period from 1821-present. These books give a comprehensive narrative and analysis of Mexican history, focusing especially on political, economic, and social organization. Balancing both a 'bottom-up'(popular) and a 'top-down' (elite) perspective, they seek, where possibl...

The Mexican Revolution was like no other: it was fueled by no vanguard party, no coherent ideology, no international ambitions, and ultimately it served to reinforce rather than to subvert many of the features of the old regime it overthrew. Alan Knight argues that a populist uprising brought about the fall of longtime dictator Porfirio Diaz in 1910. It was one of those "relatively rare episodes in history when the mass of the people profoundl...

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Caciquismo (roughly translated as "boss politics") has played a major role in Mexican political and social life. Loosely knit interest groups, or "caciques, " of diverse character-syndicates, farmers, left- and right-wingers, white-collar workers-have exercised great power within Mexico's distinctive political system.

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A study of the struggle which took place in 1879 at the small mission station of Rorke's Drift, when more than 3, 000 Zulu warriors were pitted against 400 British troops. Features 3-D maps and maps of the various stages of the campaign. From the CAMPAIGN series.