VILLAHERMOSA

vēˌyäārmōˈsä, city (1990 pop. 261,321), capital of Tabasco state, SE Mexico, on the Grijalva River. The city, which has good communications facilities, is the commercial and distribution center for the surrounding region. Oil is the economic mainstay. Villahermosa was founded in the 16th cent. The city possesses a large collection of Olmec and Mayan artifacts, which are exhibited in the Regional Anthropological Museum and the La Venta Park-Museum.

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books on: Villahermosa  - 106 results

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When Colombia Bled: A History of the Violencia in Tolima
Book by James D. Henderson; University of Alabama Press, 1985
Subjects: Colombia--Politics And Government--1946-1974, Violence--Colombia--History--20th Century
...Cauca River Valley to found settlements in highland valleys of the northern cordillera. Called Herveo, Fresno, Casabianca, Villahermosa, Libano, Santa Isabel, and Anzoategui, the villages eventually became cabeceras of a tier of municipios that stretched...
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The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy, 1665-1700
Book by Christopher Storrs; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Monarchy--Spain--History--17th Century--Congresses, Spain--History, Military--17th Century, Spain--History--Charles Ii, 1665-1700
...loss of Cambrai, St Omer, ls Duke of Villahermosa to CII, 16 and 30 Mar. and 25 May 1678...Madrid, including that of the duke of Villahermosa, governor-general of Flanders, and...review, in February 1677 the duke of Villahermosa, governor of Flanders, declared that...
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France and Latin-American Independence
Book by William Spence Robertson; The Johns Hopkins Press, 1939
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--France, Latin America--History--Wars Of Independence, 1806-1830
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Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture - Vol. 2
Book by Michael S. Werner; Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997
Subjects: Mexico--Civilization--Encyclopedias
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The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples
Book by George Kubler; Penguin Books, 1962
Subjects: Indian Architecture, Indian Art, Indians--Antiquities, Latin America--Antiquities
...Monument 6 from La Venta, c. 500 B.C. Villahermosa, Parque Olmeca Nat. Geo. Soc...Venta Middle Group , after 200 ? Villahermosa, Parque Olmeca Nat. Geo. Soc...Venta, side, c. 300 ? Basalt. Villahermosa, Parque Olmeca Nat. Geo. Soc...
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journal articles on: Villahermosa  - 8 results

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Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and Mexico
Journal article by Michael G. Brennan; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 55, 2002
Subjects: Authors, English--Behavior, Authors, English--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Catholic Church, Catholics--Behavior, Catholics--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Greene, Graham--Behavior, Greene, Graham--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mexico--History, Mexico--Social aspects, Missionaries--Behavior, Missionaries--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Waugh, Evelyn--Behavior, Waugh, Evelyn--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...encountered during his brief visit to Villahermosa. Strangely, on his arrival the chief...Youve come home. Why, everybody in Villahermosa is called Greene--or Graham." He naturally...another, and the unseen Greenes of Villahermosa confuse a Greene from Berkhamsted...
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The Making of a Minor Character: Galdós's Plácido Estupiñá
Journal article by Geoffrey Ribbans; Symposium, Vol. 46, 1992
Subjects: Perez Galdos, Benito--1843-1920
...los zurriagazos en la boveda de San Gines, los bailes de Villahermosa, el Liceo, la fonda de Prosper, las sastrerias de Utrilla...Estupina, too, ceases to be associated with " los bailes de Villahermosa " or " el teatro de la Cruz " and relates instead to commercial...
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Tukipa Ceremonial Centers in the Community of Tuapurie (Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlan): Cargo Systems, Landscape, and Cosmovision
Journal article by Johannes Neurath; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 42, 2000
Subjects: Archaeology--Research, Huichols--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Mexican native peoples--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Native Americans (Mexico)--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Social structure--Research
...Mesa Redonda of the Sociedad Mexicana de la Antropologia. Villahermosa, Tabasco. 1995 Cosmovision y sexualidad en la fiesta Namawita...Mesa Redonda de la Sociedad Mexicana de la Antropologia, Villahermosa, Tabasco. Villa Rojas, Alfonso 1947 Kinship and Nagualism...
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Melancholy and Female Illness: Habsburg Women and Politics at the Court of Philip III'
Journal article by Magdalena S. Sánchez; Journal of Women's History, Vol. 8, 1996
Subjects: Women--History
...explaining her petition for the king to settle a dispute involving her lady-in-waiting and close friend, the Duchess of Villahermosa. According to Borja, the empress needed the duchess close by to assist her, and the dispute had forced the duchess to return...
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Employment and Unemployment in Mexico's Labor Force
Journal article by Susan Fleck, Constance Sorrentino; Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 117, 1994
Subjects: Labor economics--Mexico, Labor supply--Mexico, Mexican-American Border Region--Business and industry, Mexico--Employment, Unemployment--Mexico
...Culiacan, Durango, Hermosillo, Manzanillo, Monclova, Morelia, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Saltillo, Tepic, Toluca, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Villahermosa, and Zacatecas. (12)The Mexican concept of "unpaid family worker" includes a small number of unpaid nonfamily workers...
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Transformation in Madrid
Magazine article by Penny Mcguire; The Architectural Review, Vol. 194, June 1994
Subjects: Architecture--Technique, Art museums--Design and construction, Madrid, Spain--Buildings, facilities, etc., Moneo, Rafael--Practice
...by Penny McGuire The Villahermosa Palace in Madrid houses the larger...Spain f or 1 0 years. The fact that the Villahermosa was available and empty played a significant...ground floor strike a jarring note.) The Villahermosa stands, as does the Prado, off the...
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Open Wounds
Magazine article by Elizabeth Dore, John C. Ryan; Report on the Americas, Vol. 25, 1991
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...Mexico in the 1970s. In ten years Villahermosa, once a small river town, came to...Today, one of the only remnants of Villahermosas past is its ironic name ("beautiful...vast proportions. Ciudad Guayana, Villahermosa, and other mining projects are dwarfed...
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Lookout of Poetic Passage: In Imaginative Novellas and Stories, Award-Winning Colombian Writer Alvaro Mutis Captures the Inner Turmoil of a Universal Wanderer
Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 56, January 2004
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Adventure and adventurers--Portrayals, Adventurers--Portrayals, Authors, Colombian, Authors, Colombian--Works, Colombian writers--Works, Mutis, Alvaro--Works, Nomads, Nomads--Portrayals
...Theyre on the high seas. So they continue on to the port of Villahermosa on the coast of Tabasco. By then, Maqroll has suspended relations...refrigerators, air conditioners. I have a ear problem as I arrive in Villahermosa, but a friend finds me a garage, and to and behold, who is...
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Portraits of Urban Drama
Magazine article by K. Mitchell Snow; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 50, June 1998
Subjects: Andrade, Yolanda--Works, Photographers--Works
...Franks classic, The Americans, filled with street-level portraits of ordinary folk that struck a resonant chord. Born in Villahermosa, Tabasco, in 1950, Andrade has been practicing photography since she was ten years old. She recalls running to the local...
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Lawless Roads Still: The 'Red' Bishop of Chiapas
Magazine article by A;Berto Huerta; Commonweal, Vol. 120, December 17, 1993
Subjects: Bishops--Biography, Catholic Church in Mexico--Officials and employees, Chiapas, Mexico--Religion, Ruiz Garcia, Samuel, Bishop--Political activity
...struggle between faith and ideology, which included the destruction of churches and the burning of statues in neighboring Villahermosa under the ruthless Garrido Canabal. As late as September 1991, the conflict flared again when a pastor, Father Joel Padron...
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newspaper articles on: Villahermosa  - 86 results

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INTERNATIONAL: Thousands Cut off in Huge Mexican Flood Disaster
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 3, 2007
Subjects: Floods--Mexico, Floods--Military aspects
...were shut down in the state capital of Villahermosa. Soldiers helped in the citys historic...one of two large waterways ringing Villahermosa, has already risen more than six feet...aerial view of a flooded sector of Villahermosa, the state capital of Tabasco, in southeastern...
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Tracking Old Favourites
Newspaper article by Gordon Lethbridge; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), March 7, 1999
...you should base yourself at either Villahermosa, the capital of Tabasco, or the town...Palenque in Chiapas. On the outskirts of Villahermosa is the archaeological park of La Venta...found on the original site. Close to Villahermosa is a Mayan site where you are likely...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (V-Z)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 1, 2007
...ANTOM 17974 VILLAGRACIA, MERRY GRACE ELLEVERA 17975 VILLAHERMOSA, MAE ANN CABALLETE 17976 VILLAHERMOSA, MARIA CHRISTIA AUSA 17977 VILLAHERMOSA, NELIA BANLASAN 17978 VILLAHERMOSA, RIA TACSAN 17979...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (V-Z)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2007
...ANTOM 17974 VILLAGRACIA, MERRY GRACE ELLEVERA 17975 VILLAHERMOSA, MAE ANN CABALLETE 17976 VILLAHERMOSA, MARIA CHRISTIA AUSA 17977 VILLAHERMOSA, NELIA BANLASAN 17978 VILLAHERMOSA, RIA TACSAN 17979...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (V-Z)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 2, 2007
...ANTOM 17974 VILLAGRACIA, MERRY GRACE ELLEVERA 17975 VILLAHERMOSA, MAE ANN CABALLETE 17976 VILLAHERMOSA, MARIA CHRISTIA AUSA 17977 VILLAHERMOSA, NELIA BANLASAN 17978 VILLAHERMOSA, RIA TACSAN 17979...
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encyclopedia articles on: Villahermosa  - 3 results

 
 
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Villahermosa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VILLAHERMOSA ve yaarmo sa, city (1990 pop. 261,321), capital of Tabasco state, SE Mexico, on the Grijalva River. The city, which...communications facilities, is the commercial and distribution center for the surrounding region. Oil is the economic mainstay. Villahermosa was founded in the 16th cent. The city possesses a large collection of Olmec and Mayan artifacts, which are exhibited...
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Tabasco
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TABASCO tabas ko, state (1990 pop. 1,501,744), 9,783 sq mi (25,338 sq km), E Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. Villahermosa is the capital. Tabasco is predominantly a tropical plain, once densely forested, that is broken by numerous rivers...
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Madrid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...collections in the world; the Queen Sofia Museum of modern art; and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, housed in the renovated Villahermosa Palace. Also noteworthy is the modern Ciudad Universitaria university city. Madrid was first mentioned in the 10th cent...


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