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The cemeteries of El Carmen and Dolores in Monterrey, Mexico are two early 20th century burial grounds full of architectonic and sculpture works now considered part of the city of Monterrey cultural patrimony. The present book is a catalogue of a selection of tombs in the cemetery of El Carmen with brief analysis of the buried people and the architecture, art styles and symbolism of the tombs, crypts and mausoleums of personages of great importance in the history of the city and state and the artists and constructors of the diverse funerary pieces. Includes a plan of the modern cemetery of El Carmen.
The states of Northern Mexico—Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Sinaloa, and Baja California Norte and Sur—have architecture, urbanism, and landscape design that offer numerous lessons in how to build well, but this constructed environment is largely undervalued or unknown. To make this architecture better known to a wide professional, academic, and public audience, this book presents the first comprehensive overview in either English or Spanish of the architecture, urban landscapes, and cities of Northern Mexico from the country’s emergence as a modern nation in 1821 to the present day. Profusely illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, maps...
Este libro surge al reconocer que, aunque se habla constantemente de la cultura y el legado del empresariado regiomontano, no se contaba con una obra referencial que lo explicara en retrospectiva. Al abordar el tema desde los propios documentos de los empresarios, se considera que el mayor legado del empresariado mexicano del siglo XX fue un modelo de Capitalismo Social, que buscó al mismo tiempo la prosperidad económica y el bienestar general.
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"In dedication to Robert Wirt. His passing on January 12, 2013, was a shock to many and a loss to the heritage of Terlingua"--Verso of title-page.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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