A mining engineer who had worked across Latin America surveys Mexico from the Aztecs and the Spanish conquest to the regime of Porfirio Díaz. He covers the ruins and the Indian peoples, the mountains and volcanoes, railways, mines and farms, and the workings of the government ministries, on the eve of the Revolution.
A detailed portrait of Mexico just before 1910, useful for anyone interested in the country’s history and economy. Download the free EPUB.