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First Stop in the New World by David Lida
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First Stop in the New World

Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century

Penguin Publishing Group · 2009-06-02

First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century

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Who It's For

  • Good for readers who enjoy BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Hispanic & Latino
  • Good for readers interested in culture

What You Get

  • Themes: Travel, Nature, Culture.
  • Reading lane: Hispanic & Latino and Sociology.
  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group.

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What we read

  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Hispanic & Latino

    77%
  • Social Science / Sociology / Urban

    76%
  • Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural

    75%

About This Book

The definitive book on Mexico City: a vibrant, seductive, and paradoxical metropolis-the second-biggest city in the world, and a vision of our urban future. First Stop in the New World is a street-level panorama of Mexico City, the largest metropolis in the western hemisphere and the cultural capital of the Spanish-speaking world. Journalist David Lida expertly captures the kaleidoscopic nature of life in a city defined by pleasure and danger, ecstatic joy and appalling trag...

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The definitive book on Mexico City: a vibrant, seductive, and paradoxical metropolis-the second-biggest city in the world, and a vision of our urban future. First Stop in the New World is a street-level panorama of Mexico City, the largest metropolis in the western hemisphere and the cultural capital of the Spanish-speaking world. Journalist David Lida expertly captures the kaleidoscopic nature of life in a city defined by pleasure and danger, ecstatic joy and appalling tragedy-hanging in limbo between the developed and underdeveloped worlds. With this literary-journalist account, he establishes himself as the ultimate chronicler of this bustling megalopolis at a key moment in its-and our-history.

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