This volume is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA of silver art pieces by Mexican modernist Antonio Pineda from the collection of Cindy Tietze and Stuart Hodosh. The collection includes jewelry, hollowware, and tableware from the 1930s to 1970s. Stromberg, an anthropologist and independent scholar who focuses on Mexico, art, identity, and traditional medicine, provides background on the design process of the Taxco School, of which Pineda is part, Taxco's historical background, the origins and development of silver jewelry and metalworking there, Pineda's life and career, and his style and hallmarks. A catalog of about 250 pieces of silver of the Taxco School follows. Distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)