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México: Lo que todo ciudadano quisiera (no) saber de su patria

In this? textbook?, the authors offer a new version of Mexico's history and invite readers to review, in a playful yet critical manner, the events that have shaped it. Full of humor, sarcasm and irony, we are asked to leave behind the ?official history? to take and enjoyable voyage from pre-Columbian times to the 21st Century.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 334 pages

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