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Readers interested in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Mexico will ?nd this book provides a breadth of insight into the life and customs of the times that few other travel diaries present. Townsend s many trips and variety of encounters gives her observations a depth missing in many similar manuscripts. In addition, her writing is certainly superior to the average traveler. This is a pro?table read. The Hispanic American Historical Review

Readers interested in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Mexico will ?nd this book provides a breadth of insight into the life and customs of the times that few other travel diaries present. Townsend's many trips and variety of encounters gives her observations a depth missing in many similar manuscripts. In addition, her writing is certainly superior to the average traveler. This is a pro?table read. -- The Hispanic American Historical Review

Townsend s descriptions of everyday life in provincial towns and in Mexico City ranging from pulque production to bull fighting add discerning insights into the social fabric of the land of Porfirio Diaz. John A. Britton, author of Revolution and Ideology: Images of the Mexican Revolution in the United States

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Ralph Lee Woodward Jr is Neville G. Penrose Professor of Latin American Studies at Texas Christian University in Forth Worth, USA and author of Central America: A Nation Divided.

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