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Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy
by Preston, Julia; Dillon, Samuel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible, Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374226687
- ISBN 13
- 9780374226688
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia,, 2004. Hardcover. Collectible, Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine yellow and orange decorative dj. First printing. Illustrated with b/w photographs. 624 pages. Told through the stories of Mexicans who helped make the transformation, the book gives new and gripping behind-the-scenes accounts of major episodes in Mexico's recent politics. Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party, led by presidents who ruled like Mesoamerican monarchs, came to be called "the perfect dictatorship.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66533
- Title
- Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy
- Author
- Preston, Julia; Dillon, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible, Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374226687
- ISBN 13
- 9780374226688
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- LCCN
- 2003059918
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- Octavo
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- New
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- Fine
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