Memoria sobre las causas que han originado la situacion actual de la raza indigena de Mexico, y medios de remediarlaAuthor: Pimentel, Francisco (1823 1893) Year: 1864 Publisher: Imprenta de Andrade y Escalante Place: Mexico City Description: 241 pages. Octavo (8 1 4" x 5") bound in half leather with gilt lettering to spine and stiff boards. First edition. In the mid 1800's Mexico's population was forty percent Indian. Most had a subsistence economy which was out side the nation's main stream, and condemned the native population to poverty and malnutrition. The