Books by Friedrich Katz
“This biography is by Friedrich Katz, who was one of the great historians of the Mexican Revolution. Katz was a social historian, and he spends quite a bit of time explaining to us, if we can’t know exactly the origins of Pancho Villa himself, what was the milieu that he came from.” Read more...
The best books on Mexican history
Timo Schaefer, Historian
Interviews where books by Friedrich Katz were recommended
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Malintzin’s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico
by Camilla Townsend -
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Los Conspiradores
by Jorge Ibarüengoitia -
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The Life and Times of Pancho Villa
by Friedrich Katz -
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Translated Woman: Crossing the Border with Esperanza’s Story
by Ruth Behar -
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The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade
by Benjamin Smith
The best books on Mexican history, recommended by Timo Schaefer
The best books on Mexican history, recommended by Timo Schaefer
In Mexican history, power developed in marginal locations away from the center has often played a major role in critical historical events, says award-winning historian Timo Schaefer. He recommends some of the best books on Mexican history, from a biography of the extraordinary Malintzin (c1500-1529) to a myth-busting history of the drug trade.
