Walking a City's History - Mexico City from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

Take a street-level tour of Mexico's capital and learn how one of the world's most extraordinary cities has transformed over the centuries.

Walking a City¿shistory is both a richly documented panoramic view of Mexico City's long history and an intimate essay on its social and cultural fabric. In this book, Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo uses his expertise as a historian and his talents as a storyteller to bring the city to life.

Using influential moments in Mexico City's history from the Battle of Tenochtitlán in 1521 to post-COVID times, Tenorio-Trillo illustrates the capital's transformations against a national and global background. Walking a City's History offers an original, unique perspective on the social, architectural, artistic, and political dimensions of Mexico City, guided by chronicles, literary works, historical accounts, and the author¿s own lifetime of walks through the city.

About the author

Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo is the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including Latin America: The Allure and Power of an Idea, "I Speak of the City" Mexico City at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, and Clio's Laws: On History and Language.

Product details

• Authors: Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo, Tenorio-Trillo Mauricio
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.02.2026
• EAN: 9780226841625
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84162-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: 90 halftones
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Mexico, HISTORY / Modern / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, General & world history, General and world history, History of the Americas, Urban communities, Urban communities / city life