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I Speak of the City: Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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I Speak of the City: Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

Author:   Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:  

9780226792712


Pages:   560
Publication Date:   June 2012
Format:   Hardback
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In this dazzling multidisciplinary tour of Mexico City, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo focuses on the period from 1880 to 1940, the decisive decades that shaped the city into what it is today. Through a kaleidoscope of expository forms, I Speak of the City connects the realms of literature, architecture, music, popular language, art, and public health to investigate the city in a variety of contexts: as a living history textbook, as an expression of the state, as a modernist capital, as a laboratory, and even as language. Tenorio-Trillo's formal imagination allows the reader to revel in the free-flowing richness of his narratives, opening startling new vistas onto the urban experience. From art to city planning, from epidemiology to poetry, this book challenges the conventional wisdom about both Mexico City and the turn-of-the-century world to which it belonged. And by engaging directly with the rise of modernism and the cultural experiences of such personalities as Hart Crane, Mina Loy, and Diego Rivera, I Speak of the City will find an enthusiastic audience across the disciplines.

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Author:   Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication:   United States
ISBN:  

9780226792712


ISBN 10:   0226792714
Pages:   560
Publication Date:   June 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo is professor of history at the University of Chicago and associate professor at the Centro de investigacion y docencia economicas, Mexico City. He is the author of Mexico at the World's Fairs and other books.

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