American Metropolis : The Making of Mexico City

Seijas, Tatiana

Cambridge University Press（2026/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 310 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009692779
• DDC分類 306.097253

Full Description

Mexico City was America's largest city in the seventeenth century - a genuine metropolis. In this deeply researched book, Tatiana Seijas reveals a rich tapestry of stories about essential workers who remade and transformed the city during this period. Her narrative style carries readers to a unique place and time with residents from around the world who sold food, facilitated transportation, provided care, and valued the city's silver. Free and enslaved people from Africa and Asia, immigrants, and Native Americans pursued opportunities in a wealthy, yet deeply unequal environment, where working people claimed parts of the city for themselves. They carved out spaces to create new businesses and protect their livelihoods, altering the cityscape itself in the process. American Metropolis brings Mexico City to life from the perspective of the working people who transformed this early modern metropolis.

Contents

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of figures; Introduction; 1. Feeding the city; 2. Transporting the city; 3. Caring for the city; 4. Valuing the city; Conclusion; Essay on sources; Note on orthography and measures; List of archives, libraries, and repositories consulted; Works cited; Index.