Kandell, Jonathan <br/><br/>
La capital  : the biography of Mexico City 
/ Jonathan Kandell 
 - New York  : Random House  , c1988 
 - 640 p.  : illus.  ; 25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography and index included 
<br/><br/> Kandell's panoramic, compelling chronicle of Mexico City is in large measure a history of Mexico itself. The Spanish colonizers dreamt they would impose two separate "republics'' Spanish and Indian but from the ashes of Herman Cortes's conquest rose a volatile, multiracial society. After creoles threw off Spanish rule in 1821 and won Mexico's independence, a new elite of military officials and entrepreneurs arose. Corruption, favoritism and betrayal of the common people by their leaders has been the norm ever since, according to Kandell, who was raised in Mexico City, was a New York Times correspondent there and is the author of Passage Through El Dorado. He carries the story right up to the recent succession of disgraced presidents and the new bureaucracy's co-option of artists and intellectuals. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>039454069 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aztecs---Mexico---Mexico City
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mexico City (Mexico)---History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>LAS 972.5 KAN