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- ISBN 9780226848006
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 11 Mar 2026
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Take a street-level tour of Mexico’s capital and learn how one of the world’s most extraordinary cities has transformed over the centuries.
Walking a City’sHistory is both a richly documented panoramic view of Mexico City’s long history and an intimate essay on its social and cultural fabric. In this book, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo uses his expertise as a historian and his talents as a storyteller to bring the city to life.
Using influential moments in Mexico City’s history from the Battle of Tenochtitlán in 1521 to the present, Tenorio-Trillo illustrates the capital’s transformations against a national and global background. Walking a City’s History offers an original, unique perspective on the social, architectural, artistic, and political dimensions of Mexico City, guided by chronicles, literary works, historical accounts, and the author’s own lifetime of walks through the city.
Walking a City’sHistory is both a richly documented panoramic view of Mexico City’s long history and an intimate essay on its social and cultural fabric. In this book, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo uses his expertise as a historian and his talents as a storyteller to bring the city to life.
Using influential moments in Mexico City’s history from the Battle of Tenochtitlán in 1521 to the present, Tenorio-Trillo illustrates the capital’s transformations against a national and global background. Walking a City’s History offers an original, unique perspective on the social, architectural, artistic, and political dimensions of Mexico City, guided by chronicles, literary works, historical accounts, and the author’s own lifetime of walks through the city.
Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Latin America: The Allure and Power of an Idea; “I Speak of the City”: Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; and Clio’s Laws: On History and Language.
