Mexico
A New Spain with Old Friends

Originally published in 1940, this book contains a lively account of a journey through Mexico by John Brande Trend.

John Brande Trend (Author)

9781107502055, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 April 2015

214 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.2 cm, 0.28 kg

Originally published in 1940, this book contains a lively account of a journey through Mexico by John Brande Trend, the first Professor of Spanish at the University of Cambridge. Trend vividly describes important ancient sites such as Cichén Itzá as well as Spanish traditions that he observed while in Mexico. Photographic plates of important artefacts are also included in the text. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Spanish influence in Mexico and Mexican history.

1. Introduction
2. Travelling to Mexico
3. Arrival
4. Trees, bookshops and colonial architecture
5. Pyramids
6. Toltec legends
7. Christmas in Mexico
8. Excursion with Emma
9. Second arrival
10. Reflections in Mérida
11. Maya
12. Ophelia, Donna Anna, Elvira and the Pedregal
13. Lecture tour without lectures
14. Alphabets for Indians
15. Mexican Spanish
16. The new pilgrim fathers
17. Mixed memories
Index.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]