México Viejo, 1521-1821
Author: González Obregón, Luis (1865-1938) from the library of Professor George M Foster
Year: 1945
Publisher: Editorial Patria
Place: Mexico City
Description:
xvi+742 pages with illustrations and appendixes. Royal octavo (9 ½ “ x 7 ¼ “) issued in wrappers. From the library of George M Foster. Revised edition.
Luis González Obregon was a writer, columnist and historian. His historical work was dedicated to the daily life of the capital under the viceroyalty. He was appointed to chronicle the life in the city of Mexico. . He was Director of the Archivo General de la Nación, a position he held until 1917.
George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.
Condition:
Foster’s stamp on front wrapper and date of acquiry (12/6/47) on front end paper, spine ends lightly chipped, light extremity wear, wrappers soiled else a very good copy.
Kemper
Year: 1945
Publisher: Editorial Patria
Place: Mexico City
Description:
xvi+742 pages with illustrations and appendixes. Royal octavo (9 ½ “ x 7 ¼ “) issued in wrappers. From the library of George M Foster. Revised edition.
Luis González Obregon was a writer, columnist and historian. His historical work was dedicated to the daily life of the capital under the viceroyalty. He was appointed to chronicle the life in the city of Mexico. . He was Director of the Archivo General de la Nación, a position he held until 1917.
George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.
Condition:
Foster’s stamp on front wrapper and date of acquiry (12/6/47) on front end paper, spine ends lightly chipped, light extremity wear, wrappers soiled else a very good copy.
Kemper