Anita Álvarez de Williams
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Anita Álvarez de Williams (born in Calexico, California
in 1931) is a Anthropologist, photographer and historian
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Her work has been of great importance to understand the past of Baja California
and the borderlands area. She has published "The Cocopah People" (1974), "Travelers among the Cucapa" (1975), and "Primeros pobladores de la Baja California. Introducción a la antropología de la península" (1975), among several books and academic journals both in Mexico
and the United States
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Calexico, California
Calexico is a city in Imperial County, California. The population was 38,572 at the 2010 census, up from 27,109 at the 2000 census. Calexico is about east of San Diego and west of Yuma, Arizona...
in 1931) is a Anthropologist, photographer and historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
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Her work has been of great importance to understand the past of Baja California
Baja California
Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...
and the borderlands area. She has published "The Cocopah People" (1974), "Travelers among the Cucapa" (1975), and "Primeros pobladores de la Baja California. Introducción a la antropología de la península" (1975), among several books and academic journals both in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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