GUERRERO VIEJO by Dr Richard Payne (Photos), Elena Poniatowska ( 9780965526807 )

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Title:

GUERRERO VIEJO

By:

Dr Richard Payne (Photos), Elena Poniatowska

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£34.00
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ISBN 10:

0965526801

ISBN 13:

9780965526807

Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

Pub. date:

5 January, 1998

Pages:

100

Language:

English, Spanish

Description:

Celebrated as a triumphant collaboration between the American and Mexican governments, the damming of the Rio Grande in the 1950s necessitated the submersion of the colonial city of Guerrero beneath the reservoir. This book tells the haunting tale of the displaced inhabitants of a drowned city.

Synopsis:

Celebrated as a triumphant collaboration between the American and Mexican governments, the damming of the Rio Grande in the early 1950s necessitated the submersion of the colonial city of Guerrero beneath the reservoir. This book tells the haunting tale of the displaced inhabitants of a drowned city. The people were uprooted, robbed of their land, their sense of community, their places of worship, study and play, even their graves. Weaving oral interviews with research, the book chronicles the historical and social development of Guerrero, from its founding to its abandonment by all but a few residents. Their narratives and memories offer a vision of this historic colonial town, juxtaposed with Guerrero's present state, captured in photographs.

Illustrations:

49 b&w photographs

Publication:

Imprint:

University of Chicago Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

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