First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, the Capital of the 21st Century

David Lida moved to Mexico City fifteen years ago, in search of a kind of culture, energy, and spontaneity that he thought had been lost in his native New York City. What he found was a thriving, miraculous, paradoxical urban center containing centuries of living history, even as its rapid development has made it a prominent force on the world stage. Through the eyes of an American who has become an insider, here is a street-level panorama of contemporary Mexico City—from the high arts to the sex industry; from the dense jungle of urban politics to the daily interactions of street-level commerce; from one end of this 500 square mile city to the other. Lida expertly captures the kaleidoscopic nature of life in a city defined by both pleasure and danger, justice and lawlessness, ecstatic joy and appalling tragedy—hanging in limbo between the developed and underdeveloped world.

While London or Paris have become more homogenous, less captivating and less surprising since the days when Dickens or Balzac wrote about them, Mexico City points to our urban future—as Rem Koolhass posited Manhattan as the urban "Rosetta Stone of the 20th century", Mexico City will play that same role in the 21st. And David Lida will serve as its ultimate chronicler.

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[tony609]

I should get this book !! I'm from Mexico city and I would Like to know how he described my city !!

[ARTuur0]

I love México and the world!

[29cynthia29]

I absolutely loved this book anyone intersted in Mexico City and it's inhabitants should read this.

[sebastianatsebseb]

This made me look forward to my trip to Mexico City even more!

[caffeina]

This is great, and really interesting!