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Mexico
Aztec Empire | For younger readers | Latin American literature | Mexico | Pre-Columbian art and architecture
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Aztec Empire
Carrasco, Davíd, and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World. University Press of Colorado, 1992. Aztec history, culture, and thought presented in an overview of Aztec art.
Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Good introductory survey.
Smith, Michael Ernest. The Aztecs. 2nd ed. Blackwell, 2002. A revisionist analysis of Aztec life and institutions based on archaeological findings.
Townsend, Richard. The Aztecs. Rev. ed. Thames & Hudson, 2000. A comprehensive history of the Aztec people drawn from standard historic sources.
For younger readers
Heinrichs, Ann. Mexico. Children's Press, 1997. For readers in grades 4 to 8.
Hunter, Amy N. The History of Mexico. Mason Crest, 2002. For readers in grades 5 to 8.
Lewis, Elizabeth. Mexican Art and Culture. Raintree, 2004. For readers in grades 5 to 8.
Nardo, Don. The Mexican-American War. Lucent, 1999. For middle school and high school readers.
Parker, Edward. The Changing Face of Mexico. Raintree, 2002. For readers in grades 5 to 10.
Reilly, Mary J. Mexico. Marshall Cavendish, 2002. For readers in grades 5 to 8.
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Latin American literature
Agosin, Marjorie, ed. A Dream of Light & Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers. University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Essays on several contemporary authors.
Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto, and Enrique Pupo-Walker. The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature. 3 vols. Cambridge University Press, 1996. From pre-Columbian times to the present, including writing in the United States.
Jackson, Richard L. Black Writers and the Hispanic Canon. Twayne, 1997. Extends the scope of Latin American literary history.
Smith, Verity, ed. Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997, 2000. Broad coverage of individual writers and topics.
Sole, Carlos, and Maria Abreu, eds. Latin American Writers. Macmillan, 1989. A reference guide to biographical information on writers, includes a bibliography of writings and criticism.
Valestuk, Lorraine, ed. Latin American Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them. Gale, 2000. Analysis of 50 works, for high school readers.
Williams, Raymond L. The Modern Latin American Novel. Macmillan, 1998. Examines the works of modern and post-modern novelists.
Mexico
Burr, Claudia. Broken Shields. Groundwood, 1997. An account of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico; for younger readers.
Diaz del Castillo, Bernal. The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico, 1517-1521. Da Capo, 1996. A classic work; originally published in 1956.
Krauze, Enrique. Mexico: Biography of Power. HarperCollins, 1997. A history of the making of modern Mexico; covers 1810 to 1996.
MacLachlan, Colin M., and William H. Beezley. El Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico. Prentice Hall, 1999. Examination of the cultural, political, and economic changes experienced by the people of Mexico since independence.
Meyer, Michael C., and William H. Beezley, eds. The Oxford History of Mexico. Oxford University Press, 2000. An illustrated chronicle covering Mexico's history from explorer Hernán Cortés to the singer Selena.
Meyer, Michael C., and William L. Sherman. The Course of Mexican History. Oxford University Press, 1999. A wide-ranging survey of Mexican history.
Prescott, William H. The History of the Conquest of Mexico. Random House, 1998. A sweeping epic of Hernán Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people.
Suchlicki, Jaime. Mexico: From Montezuma to NAFTA, Chiapas, and Beyond. Brassey's 1996. Reprint Transaction, 2000. A history that brings out the complexities of Mexico's development as a nation.
Werner, Michael S. Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society, and Culture. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. Multidisciplinary reference work with more than 500 entries.
Werner, Michael S., ed. Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society and Culture. 2 vols. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997. More than 500 entries from historians.
Pre-Columbian art and architecture
Baudez, Claude F. Maya Sculpture of Copan: The Iconography. University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Highly detailed and well-illustrated study of Classic Maya sculptural programs.
Benson, Elizabeth P., and others, eds. Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico. Abrams, 1996. Catalog of a comprehensive exhibition of Olmec art.
Bercht, Fatima, and Estrellita Brodsky, eds. Taino: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean. Monacelli, 1997. Catalog of a landmark exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio in New York City.
Berrin, Kathleen, and Esther Pasztory, eds. Teotihuacan: Art from the City of the Gods. Thames & Hudson, 1993. Beautifully illustrated catalog of more than 200 objects from the ancient city-state.
Burger, Richard L. Chavin and the Origins of Andean Civilization. Thames & Hudson, 1992. Scholarly investigations into an early Peruvian art tradition.
Carrasco, David, and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World. University Press of Colorado, 1992. Beautifully illustrated overview of Aztec art.
Covarrubias, Miguel. Indian Art of Mexico and Central America. Knopf, 1957. Superbly illustrated description of pre-Hispanic art.
Gasparini, Graziano, and Luise Margolies. Inca Architecture. University of Indiana Press, 1980. Illustrated survey of urban settlements, homes, and religious buildings.
Kubler, George. The Art and Architecture of Ancient America. Penguin, 1992. Mexican, Maya, Inca, Central American, Colombian, and Ecuadorian art.
Markman, Peter T., and Roberta H. Markman. Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica. University of California Press, 1989, 1994. Thorough study of Mexican ritual masks.
Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Well-illustrated survey.
Moseley, Michael Edward. The Incas and their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. Thames & Hudson, 1992. An archaeological investigation into ancient Peruvian cultures.
Schele, Linda, and Mary Ellen Miller. The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Braziller, 1986. 1992. Illustrated examination of Maya art and society.
Stone-Miller, Rebecca. Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Thorough review of Andean cultures.
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