Many Mexicos: Fourth Edition Revised (Silver Anniversary Edition) Paperback - 1960

First line

Once upon a time, in the immensely remote past-so long ago that only geologists and astronomers would be interested in computing it-Mexico was split across the middle by a great rift in the earth's crust.

From the rear cover

"If there is one single book on the history and culture of Mexico which deserves reading above all others on this subject it is Lesley Byrd Simpson's. Many Mexicos is a comprehensive study written with wit and sympathy but without the extremes of either sentiment or pedantry." --Robert R. Kirsch, Los Angeles Times "Simpson possesses the required gifts for writing about Mexico. His scholarship is generous. . . . He knows Mexico afoot and muleback, and he knows the Mexicans. He writes with color and humor. . . . As a result he brings to life almost everyone of importance from Cortes to Aleman." --Hubert Herring, Hispanic American Historical Review "The tough-mindedness of the author of Many Mexicos produced a book that [seems] to me the most completely satisfying volume in English on any Latin-American country. . . .It is both sympathetic and critical. The enormous amount of information it contains has been thoroughly digested and trenchantly presented." --William Vogt, Hispanic American Historical Review