Birnbaum's Mexico, 1996

Birnbaum's Mexico, 1996
Author: Alexandra M. Birnbaum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 656
Release: 1995-08
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780062782137

Beginning with tips on how to plan and budget the trip and a summary of everything the travelers needs to know before arriving in Mexico, this comprehensive guide contains all the information travelers need to plan and enjoy their vacation. Features easy-to-read, detailed maps and provides the best driving and walking routes to the heart of Mexico and the popular attractions.

Birnbaum's Cancun, Cozumel and Isla Mujeres, 1996

Birnbaum's Cancun, Cozumel and Isla Mujeres, 1996
Author: Alexandra M. Birnbaum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1995-08
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780062782151

The essential guide to the Yucatan Peninsula. Beginning with how to plan and budget your trip and the best hotels and restaurants at every price, this guide also gives you detailed driving tours of the the Yucatan Peninsula, essential Spanish words and phrases, and takes you to the Yucatan's amazing beaches and sensational scuba and snorkeling spots.

Birnbaum's Walt Disney World for Kids, by Kids, 1996

Birnbaum's Walt Disney World for Kids, by Kids, 1996
Author: Birnbaum
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1995-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780786881123

This addition to the acclaimed Birnbaum series continues the popular tradition of having true Disney experts (kids) provide the valuable information that helps the most enthusiastic Disney visitors (kids) enjoy the world's favorite vacation destination. Includes "scrapbook" space for young visitors' own notes and photos. Color throughout.

Birnbaum's Bermuda, 1996

Birnbaum's Bermuda, 1996
Author: Alexandra M. Birnbaum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1995-08
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780062782168

Birnbaum's Bermuda is the perfect warm weather guide to Bermuda's hidden coves, beaches, and great golf courses. Beginning with how to plan and budget your trip this guide also covers the best hotels and restaurants at every price, the nightlife, choice tennis courts, shopping, historic homes and gardens, and more.

Birnbaum's Caribbean 96

Birnbaum's Caribbean 96
Author: Alexandra M. Birnbaum
Publisher:
Total Pages: 900
Release: 1995
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9780062782144

Widely read by tourists and acclaimed by the travel industry, this guide contains all the information travelers need to plan and enjoy their vacation in the Caribbean. The guide covers planning and budgeting your trip, hotels and restaurants in every price range, beaches, golf courses and local events. Includes driving and walking routes and easy-to-read, detailed maps.

Citizens of Fear

Citizens of Fear
Author: Katherine Goldman
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813530352

Citizens in Latin American cities live in constant fear, amidst some of the most dangerous conditions on earth. In that vast region, 140 thousand people die violently each year, and one out of three citizens have been directly or indirectly victimized by violence. Citizens of Fear, in part, assembles survey results of social scientists who document the pervasiveness of violence. But the numbers tell only part of the story.

Changing Values, Persisting Cultures

Changing Values, Persisting Cultures
Author: Thorleif Pettersson
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2008
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004162348

In 1981, the European and World Values surveys started the empirical investigation of cultural values on a global scale. This volume builds upon the findings of these surveys and analyzes value change in a number of key countries around the globe. The authors track value change and stability in their respective countries during the last decade (the last two decades where data are available) of the 20th century. All authors have been actively involved in value surveys and have a great deal of expertise in countries that they write on. Thus, the volume is a valuable complement to studies that deal with the topic from a global perspective without providing any detail about individual societies. The countries covered are: Argentina, Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.

I Speak of the City

I Speak of the City
Author: Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 0226792730

In this dazzling multidisciplinary tour of Mexico City, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo focuses on the period 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 as language. Tenorio’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.