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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2009
1 Rodrígucz, Antonio, A History of Mexican Mural Painting (London, Thames & Hudson, 1969)Google Scholar. Translated from the Spanish and German by Corby, Marina. Illustrated. Pp. 518. £8.40.Google Scholar
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5 An interesting study of the cinema is Blanco, Jorge Ayala, La Aventura del Cine Mexicano (Mexico, Ediciones Era, 1968).Google Scholar
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