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Author: Mendizabal, Miguel Othon de (1890-1945) from the library of Professor Robert Year: 1946 Publisher: Derechos Asegurados Place: Mexico City Description: 6 volumes. 420 pages with plates, tables and figures. (Articles by 17 various authors in the field of anthropology); 571 pages with two foldout maps, tables and figures; 345 pages with seven fold out maps, tables, foldout figure and accordion fold "El Lienzo de Jucutacato"; 399 pages with tables; 330+[25 maps (two folding) and 21 foldout table] pages with tables (four folding) and maps (two folding);551 pages with tables (some folding), plates and figures. Royal octavo (9 1/4" 7 1/4") bound in three quarter leather. Prologue by Silva Herzog. From the library of Professor Robert "Van" Kemper First edition. Miguel Othon de Mendizabal wss an educator and Mexican anthropologist who fought for agrarian reform and the welfare of the indigenous people of Mexico. He studied at the National Preparatory School and later at the National Museum of Archaeology, Ethnography and History. In the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) worked as chief investigator in the Mezquital Valley (Hidalgo state) and then as director of the Institute for Social Research. He worked for the National Polytechnic Institute and head of the Laboratory of Anthropology and later became director of the Institute of Economic Research. During the administration of President Lazaro Cardenas (1934-1940) he served as advisor to the Department of Indian

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