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Mexico: The Wonderland of the South

Mexico: The Wonderland of the South

Carson, W. E.

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 163391030X
ISBN13: 9781633910300
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 8 2014
Pages: 556
Weight: 1.26
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
William English Carson (1870-1940) was a controversial writer about social issues but when his book about Mexico first appeared in 1910, critics enthused: Mr. Carson knows Mexico thoroughly ...It would be hard to discover anything worth seeing that he has not seen. He has wandered around the Mexican capital and other old cities; he had explored the gold and silver mines and visited some of the quaint health resorts; he had gone mountain climbing and tarpon fishing ...compendious, concise and clear. A century later Anthony Burton was less impressed: Despite being an enthusiastic traveler, many of his views about Mexicans will strike modern readers as stereo-typical. For example, he dedicated an entire chapter to The Mexican Woman, which makes for fascinating reading despite many statements which read today as outrageous over-generalizations, such as no foreigner, unless he be associated with diplomacy, is likely to have any chance of studying and judging the Mexican women; the Mexican girl has but two things in life to occupy her, love and religion; As a rule, the Mexican women are not beautiful. !!! While readers may not agree with Carson's views, the volume remains a classic depiction of Mexico in an era of turmoil.

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