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| a brief history of mexico: A Brief History of Mexico Lynn V. Foster, 2009 Praise for the previous editions: ...well researched...concise...interesting...--American Reference Books Annual |
| a brief history of mexico: Mexico Alicia Hernández Chávez, 2006-01-12 A general text on Mexican history, combining political, economic, and historical information. |
| a brief history of mexico: A Concise History of Mexico Brian R. Hamnett, 1999-11-25 An illustrated introduction to Mexico's historical and contemporary issues, problems and events. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Oxford History of Mexico William Beezley, William H. Beezley, Michael Meyer, 2010-08-03 The tenth anniversary edition of The Oxford History of Mexico tells the fascinating story of Mexico as it has evolved from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. Available for the first time in paperback, this magnificent volume covers the nation's history in a series of essays written by an international team of scholars. Essays have been revised to reflect events of the past decade, recent discoveries, and the newest advances in scholarship, while a new introduction discusses such issues as immigration from Mexico to the United States and the democratization implied by the defeat of the official party in the 2000 and 2006 presidential elections. Newly released to commemorate the bicentennial of the Mexican War of Independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, this updated and redesigned volume offers an affordable, accessible, and compelling account of Mexico through the ages. |
| a brief history of mexico: Mexican Mosaic Jürgen Buchenau, 2008 Our new brief text highlights Mexico's stunning geographical, ethnic, and social diversity. In the sixteenth century, diseases brought by the Spanish conquerors wiped out almost 90 per cent of the indigenous population. Since then, Mexico - first as a colony of Spain and, after 1821, as an independent nation - has exported thousands of tons of silver, affecting currencies and prices as far away as China and India. In the century following independence, Mexico was invaded six times by three different European nations (Britain, France, and Spain) as well as the United States, the latter conflict resulting in the loss of half of Mexico's territory. More recently, Mexico has played an ever more important part in the world economy. Focused primarily on the period since independence in 1821, this brief text effectively summarizes Mexico's rich history, delineating some of the major processes at the national level and hinting at regional and local counter-currents. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Life and Times of Mexico Earl Shorris, 2012-01-09 A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. A work of scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico. —History Today The Life and Times of Mexico is a grand narrative driven by 3,000 years of history: the Indian world, the Spanish invasion, Independence, the 1910 Revolution, the tragic lives of workers in assembly plants along the border, and the experiences of millions of Mexicans who live in the United States. Mexico is seen here as if it were a person, but in the Aztec way; the mind, the heart, the winds of life; and on every page there are portraits and stories: artists, shamans, teachers, a young Maya political leader; the rich few and the many poor. Earl Shorris is ingenious at finding ways to tell this story: prostitutes in the Plaza Loreto launch the discussion of economics; we are taken inside two crucial elections as Mexico struggles toward democracy; we watch the creation of a popular telenovela and meet the country's greatest living intellectual. The result is a work of magnificent scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico. |
| a brief history of mexico: Mexico Robert Ryal Miller, 2015-01-26 This book is a skillful synthesis of Mexico's complex and colorful history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Utilizing his many years of research and teaching as well as his personal experience in Mexico, the author incorporates recent archaeological evidence, posits fresh interpretations, and analyzes such current problems as foreign debt, dependency on petroleum exports, and providing education and employment for an expanding population. Combining political events and social history in a smooth narrative, the book describes events, places, and individuals, the daily life of peasants and urban workers, and touches on cultural topics, including architecture, art, literature, and music. As a special feature, each chapter contains excerpts from contemporary letters, books, decrees, or poems, firsthand accounts that lend historical flavor to the discussion of each era. Mexico has an exciting history: several Indian civilizations; the Spanish conquest; three colonial centuries, during which there was a blending of Old World and New World cultures; a decade of wars for independence; the struggle of the young republic; wars with the United States and France; confrontation between the Indian president, Juárez, and the Austrian born emperor, Maximilian; a long dictatorship under Diaz; the Great Revolution that destroyed debt peonage, confiscated Church property, and reduced foreign economic power; and the recent drive to modernize through industrialization. Mexico: A History will be an excellent college-level textbook and good reading for the thousands of Americans who have visited Mexico and those who hope to visit. |
| a brief history of mexico: A Short History of Mexico John Patrick McHenry, 2018-09-03 In this concise, readable account, the history of one of the Western Hemisphere’s most important countries is recounted, from the first recorded appearance of early man around 10,000 B.C. down to the present day. Through the pages of this book move the men, famous and infamous, who have Mexican history; Montezuma and Cortes; the Spanish viceroys whose downfall began when the priest Hidalgo issues his famous “Cry of Dolores”; the Emperor Agustin de Iturbide, first ruler of an independent Mexico; General Santa Anna, who fought and lost the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War; the ill-fated Emperor Maximilian and Benito Juarez, who overthrew him; Porfirio Diaz and Francisco Madero; Huerta, Pancho Villa, Carranza, and Zapata, who were involved in the troubles of the early decades of this century; and the president since 1920; among them, Obregon, Calles, Cardenas, Aleman, and the present incumbent, Lopez Mateos. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Essential History of Mexico Philip Russell, 2015-08-20 The full text of The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present traces the last 500 years of Mexican history, from the indigenous empires devastated by the Spanish conquest through the 21st-century, including the election of 2012. Written in a clear and accessible manner, the book offers a straightforward chronological survey of Mexican history from pre-colonial times to the present, and includes a glossary as well as numerous images and tables for comprehensive study. This version, The Essential History of Mexico, streamlines and updates the text of the full first edition to make it easier for classroom use. Helpful pedagogy has been added for contextualization and support, including: Side-by-side world and Mexican timelines at the beginning of each chapter that place the national events from each chapter in broader global context Bolded keywords that draw attention to important terms Cultural and biography boxes in each chapter that help highlight aspects of social history Primary documents in each chapter that allow historical actors to speak directly to students Annotated suggestions for further reading In addition, the companion website provides many valuable tools for students and instructors, including links to online resources and videos, discussion questions, and images and figures from the book. |
| a brief history of mexico: The U.S. War with Mexico Ernesto Chavez, 2018-12-05 The U.S. war with Mexico was a pivotal event in American history, it set crucial wartime precedents and served as a precursor for the impending Civil War. With a powerful introduction and rich collection of documents, Ernesto Ch‡vez makes a convincing case that as an expansionist war, the U.S.-Mexico conflict set a new standard for the acquisition of foreign territory through war. Equally important, the war racialized the enemy, and in so doing accentuated the nature of whiteness and white male citizenship in the U.S., especially as it related to conquered Mexicans, Indians, slaves, and even women. The war, along with ongoing westward expansion, heightened public debates in the North and South about slavery and its place in newly-acquired territories. In addition, Ch‡vez shows how the political, economic and social development of each nation played a critical role in the path to war and its ultimate outcome. Both official and popular documents offer the events leading up to the war, the politics surrounding it, popular sentiment in both countries about it, and the war’s long-term impact on the future development and direction of these two nations. Headnotes, a chronology, maps and a selected bibliography enrich student understanding of this important historical moment. |
| a brief history of mexico: A History of Mexico Henry Bamford Parkes, 1962 |
| a brief history of mexico: A Short History of Mexico Arthur Howard Noll, 1890 |
| a brief history of mexico: Gods, Gachupines and Gringos Richard Grabman, 2008 The first complete history of Mexico for general readers in many years, and maybe the very first intentionally non-academic history of Mexico, Gods, Gachupines and Gringos is a solidly researched introduction to a surprisingly multi-cultural, multi-faceted nation. |
| a brief history of mexico: A Compact History of Mexico Daniel Cosío Villegas, 1975 |
| a brief history of mexico: Mexican History Captivating History, 2020-06-16 If you want to discover the captivating history of Mexico, then keep reading... Two captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Mexico: A Captivating Guide to Mexican History, Starting from the Rise of Tenochtitlan through Maximilian's Empire to the Mexican Revolution and the Zapatista Indigenous Uprising The Mexican Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Mexican Civil War and How Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata Impacted Mexico Before the modern country was born in 1821, the territory that today comprises 32 states and few small islands was inhabited by ancient dynasties and kingdoms of warriors, astronomers, priests, temples for human sacrifice, and, surprisingly, some of the largest cities in the world. It is estimated that the sacred city of Chichen Itza, in the Yucatan Peninsula, was larger than Paris at its height of splendor. This fascinating journey through Mexico's history, from its amazing pre-Hispanic past to the end of the 20th century, will reveal more surprises than the reader can imagine. In the words of the self-proclaimed Mexican singer Chavela Vargas, Mexico has magic. I looked for that magic, and I found it there. Here are just some of the topics covered in part 1 of this book: The Era of Empires The Spanish-Aztec War and New Spain The Birth of a Nation From the Halls of Montezuma... The Big Division The Most Beautiful Empire in the World In the Times of Don Porfirio The Mexican Revolution The Cristeros The Second World War and the Mexican Miracle End of Century Pangs And much, much more! Here are just some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book: The Comet The Strong Man of the Americas Francisco and the Spirits Victory Comes Too Soon The Wicked Ambassador Victoriano Huerta Two Hurricanes The Convention of Aguascalientes The Presidential Chair Huerta Strikes Back The Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Centaur and the General: Pershing's Punitive Expedition The Zimmermann Telegram Aftermath And much, much more! So if you want to learn more about the History of Mexico and the Mexican Revolution, scroll up and click the add to cart button! |
| a brief history of mexico: The Mexico Reader Gilbert M. Joseph, Timothy J. Henderson, 2022-08-29 The Mexico Reader is a vivid and comprehensive guide to muchos Méxicos—the many varied histories and cultures of Mexico. Unparalleled in scope, it covers pre-Columbian times to the present, from the extraordinary power and influence of the Roman Catholic Church to Mexico’s uneven postrevolutionary modernization, from chronic economic and political instability to its rich cultural heritage. Bringing together over eighty selections that include poetry, folklore, photo essays, songs, political cartoons, memoirs, journalism, and scholarly writing, this volume highlights the voices of everyday Mexicans—indigenous peoples, artists, soldiers, priests, peasants, and workers. It also includes pieces by politicians and foreign diplomats; by literary giants Octavio Paz, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Carlos Fuentes; and by and about revolutionary leaders Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. This revised and updated edition features new selections that address twenty-first-century developments, including the rise of narcopolitics, the economic and personal costs of the United States’ mass deportation programs, the political activism of indigenous healers and manufacturing workers, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mexico Reader is an essential resource for travelers, students, and experts alike. |
| a brief history of mexico: The History of Mexico Philip Russell, 2011-04-06 The History of Mexico: From Pre-Conquest to Present traces the last 500 years of Mexican history, from the indigenous empires that were devastated by the Spanish conquest through the election of 2006 and its aftermath. The book offers a straightforward chronological survey of Mexican history from the pre-colonial times to the present, and includes a glossary as well as numerous tables and images for comprehensive study. For additional information and classroom resources please visit The History of Mexico companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/russell. |
| a brief history of mexico: Fifth Sun Camilla Townsend, 2019 Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahuatl-language sources written by the indigenous people. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Education System in Mexico David Scott, C.M. Posner, Chris Martin, Elsa Guzman, 2018-03-15 Over the last three decades, a significant amount of research has sought to relate educational institutions, policies, practices and reforms to social structures and agencies. A number of models have been developed that have become the basis for attempting to understand the complex relation between education and society. At the same time, national and international bodies tasked with improving educational performances seem to be writing in a void, in that there is no rigorous theory guiding their work, and their documents exhibit few references to groups, institutions and forces that can impede or promote their programmes and projects. As a result, the recommendations these bodies provide to their clients display little to no comprehension of how and under what conditions the recommendations can be put into effect. The Education System in Mexico directly addresses this problem. By combining abstract insights with the practicalities of educational reforms, policies, practices and their social antecedents, it offers a long overdue reflection of the history, effects and significance of the Mexican educational system, as well as presenting a more cogent understanding of the relationship between educational institutions and social forces in Mexico and around the world. |
| a brief history of mexico: Ancient Mexico Maria Longhena, 2006-02-09 Late in the 15th century the discovery of the New World revealed to the Europeans the existence of peoples and cultures whose forms of artistic and intellectual expression were totally different to their own but of immense appeal. While at that time the white Conquistadores had no interest in and were perhaps incapable of appreciating and respecting this cultural heritage, for some considerable time now the so-called pre-Columbian civilisations have been rediscovered and archaeologists are attempting to reconstruct their marvellous cultural mosaic, the roots of which lie in an historical substrata predating the Christian era by some thousands of years. The aim of this book is to trace the development of some of the civilisations that emerged in the Mesoamerican region and gave rise to surprisingly advanced and sophisticated cities. The Olmecs, Maya, Aztecs and other less well known groups have in fact left extraordinary evidence of their passing in the form of great architectural complexes, monumental sculptures, ceramics, jewellery and surprising written records that have only recently given up their secrets. This volume also intends to underline the importance of the so-called minor cultures that have until now been unknown to the public at large but which nonetheless contributed to the economic and cultural development of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. The work is characterised by a dual scientific and generalist approach to provide all readers with in-depth information - that is both stimulating and comprehensible - concerning a world that is still far from contemporary models. Concise but exhaustive captions, comprehensive iconographical references, numerous colour plates, line drawings and black and white maps complement the text and contextualise the cultural parallels and ideologies of the various civilisations in question within the chronological sequence in the most reliable and attractive manner possible. |
| a brief history of mexico: The War Between the United States and Mexico Illustrated George Wilkins Kendall, 1851 |
| a brief history of mexico: A new Compact History of Mexico. Pablo Escalante Gonzalbo, Bernardo García Martínez, Luis Jáuregui, Josefina Zoraida Vázquez, Elisa Speckman Guerra, Javier Garciadiego, Luis Aboites Aguilar, 2013-12-12 In 1973, El Colegio de México published the first version of Historia mínima de México (followed in 1974 by the English translation A Compact History of Mexico) for the purpose of providing Mexicans living at that time with basic historical knowledge of their country. While preserving the aim of synthesis and simplicity that served as a basic guideline for the earlier Historia mínima de México, this new work constitutes a completely novel and original manuscript. Thus, A New Compact History of México is not only a “new history,” but also an innovative one. In its pages, readers will find accounts and perspectives enabling them to gain a fundamental understanding of Mexican history in an enjoyable way. |
| a brief history of mexico: Immigration Law and the U.S.–Mexico Border Kevin R. Johnson, Bernard Trujillo, 2011-11-01 Americans from radically different political persuasions agree on the need to “fix” the “broken” US immigration laws to address serious deficiencies and improve border enforcement. In Immigration Law and the US–Mexico Border, Kevin Johnson and Bernard Trujillo focus on what for many is at the core of the entire immigration debate in modern America: immigration from Mexico. In clear, reasonable prose, Johnson and Trujillo explore the long history of discrimination against US citizens of Mexican ancestry in the United States and the current movement against “illegal aliens”—persons depicted as not deserving fair treatment by US law. The authors argue that the United States has a special relationship with Mexico by virtue of sharing a 2,000-mile border and a “land-grab of epic proportions” when the United States “acquired” nearly two-thirds of Mexican territory between 1836 and 1853. The authors explain US immigration law and policy in its many aspects—including the migration of labor, the place of state and local regulation over immigration, and the contributions of Mexican immigrants to the US economy. Their objective is to help thinking citizens on both sides of the border to sort through an issue with a long, emotional history that will undoubtedly continue to inflame politics until cooler, and better-informed, heads can prevail. The authors conclude by outlining possibilities for the future, sketching a possible movement to promote social justice. Great for use by students of immigration law, border studies, and Latino studies, this book will also be of interest to anyone wondering about the general state of immigration law as it pertains to our most troublesome border. |
| a brief history of mexico: Tears of the Trufflepig Fernando A. Flores, 2019-05-14 LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE. One of Tor.com's Best Books of 2019. Readers of this breakout work [will leave] thrilled and disoriented in equal measure. --Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal One of The Daily Beast's Best Summer Beach Reads of 2019, one of Lit Hub and The Millions's Most Anticipated Books of 2019, one of Buzzfeed and Tor.com's Books to Read This Spring, and one of the Chicago Review of Books' Best New Books of May A parallel universe. South Texas. A third border wall might be erected between the United States and Mexico, narcotics are legal and there’s a new contraband on the market: filtered animals—species of animals brought back from extinction to amuse the very wealthy. Esteban Bellacosa has lived in the border town of MacArthur long enough to know to keep quiet and avoid the dangerous syndicates who make their money through trafficking. But his simple life gets complicated after a swashbuckling journalist invites him to an underground dinner at which filtered animals are served. Bellacosa soon finds himself in the middle of an increasingly perilous and surreal journey, in the course of which he encounters legends of the long-disappeared Aranaña Indian tribe and their object of worship: the mysterious Trufflepig, said to possess strange powers. Written with infectious verve, bold imagination, and oddball humor, Fernando A. Flores’s Tears of the Trufflepig is an absurdist take on life along the border, an ode to the myths of Mexican culture, and an introduction to a staggeringly smart new voice in American fiction. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Mexican Revolution Alan Knight, 1990 This comprehensive two-volume history of the Mexican Revolution presents a new interpretation of one of the world's most important revolutions. While it reflects the many facets of this complex and far-reaching historical subject it emphasises its fundamentally local, popular and agrarian character and locates it within a more general comparative context.-- Publisher. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Mexican Revolution Hourly History, 2018-11-27 Mexican Revolution Over a period of more than ten years, following the overthrow of the government in 1910, Mexico experienced a period of intense and bloody warfare as a bewildering array of factions in ever-changing alliances took power and then lost it. Presidents were elected (or elected themselves) and were then deposed or assassinated. New factions appeared with impressive sounding slogans, took to the field, and were either wiped out and never heard of again or became the next government. Inside you will read about... ✓ The Porfiriato ✓ The Unlikely Revolutionary ✓ Reign and Assassination of Madero ✓ The Iron Hand of Huerta ✓ Carranza Takes on Zapata and Villa ✓ Last Man Standing And much more! The Mexican Revolution is confusing and difficult to understand--there is, for example, still no agreement between scholars and historians on when it ended--but it is essential in understanding the national identity of modern Mexico. The civil war produced heroes whose names live on in legend and villains whose bloody exploits are still horrifying. It also caused anything up to two million casualties both as a direct result of the fighting and in the famine, economic hardship, and disease which followed in its wake.Modern Mexico was created out of the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution; this is the story of la revolución mexicana. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Mexican Frontier, 1821-1846 David J. Weber, 1982 Reinterprets borderlands history from the Mexican perspective. |
| a brief history of mexico: Mexico's Once and Future Revolution Gilbert M. Joseph, Jurgen Buchenau, 2013-09-04 In this concise historical analysis of the Mexican Revolution, Gilbert M. Joseph and Jürgen Buchenau explore the revolution's causes, dynamics, consequences, and legacies. They do so from varied perspectives, including those of campesinos and workers; politicians, artists, intellectuals, and students; women and men; the well-heeled, the dispossessed, and the multitude in the middle. In the process, they engage major questions about the revolution. How did the revolutionary process and its aftermath modernize the nation's economy and political system and transform the lives of ordinary Mexicans? Rather than conceiving the revolution as either the culminating popular struggle of Mexico's history or the triumph of a new (not so revolutionary) state over the people, Joseph and Buchenau examine the textured process through which state and society shaped each other. The result is a lively history of Mexico's long twentieth century, from Porfirio Díaz's modernizing dictatorship to the neoliberalism of the present day. |
| a brief history of mexico: A History of Boxing in Mexico Stephen D. Allen, 2017-09-15 The violent sport of boxing shaped and was shaped by notions of Mexican national identity during the twentieth century. This book reveals how boxing and boxers became sources of national pride and sparked debates on what it meant to be Mexican, masculine, and modern. The success of world-champion Mexican boxers played a key role in the rise of Los Angeles as the center of pugilistic activity in the United States. This international success made the fighters potent symbols of a Mexican culture that was cosmopolitan, nationalist, and masculine. With research in archives on both sides of the border, the author uses their life stories to trace the history and meaning of Mexican boxing. |
| a brief history of mexico: Barbarous Mexico John Kenneth Turner, 1910 An early 20th century American journalist's articles on Mexico before the Revolution. |
| a brief history of mexico: History of the Conquest of Mexico William Hickling Prescott, 1860 |
| a brief history of mexico: The Doctrina Breve Juan de Zumárraga, 1928 |
| a brief history of mexico: Mexico Enrique Krauze, 1998-06-03 The concentration of power in the caudillo (leader) is as much a formative element of Mexican culture and politics as the historical legacy of the Aztec emperors, Cortez, the Spanish Crown, the Mother Church and the mixing of the Spanish and Indian population into a mestizo culture. Krauze shows how history becomes biography during the century of caudillos from the insurgent priests in 1810 to Porfirio and the Revolution in 1910. The Revolutionary era, ending in 1940, was dominated by the lives of seven presidents -- Madero, Zapata, Villa, Carranza, Obregon, Calles and Cardenas. Since 1940, the dominant power of the presidency has continued through years of boom and bust and crisis. A major question for the modern state, with today's president Zedillo, is whether that power can be decentralized, to end the cycles of history as biographies of power. |
| a brief history of mexico: Conquest of Mexico William H. Prescott, 2009-07-01 |
| a brief history of mexico: South to Freedom Alice L Baumgartner, 2020-11-10 A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Underground Railroad to the North promised salvation to many American slaves before the Civil War. But thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north but by crossing the southern border into Mexico, where slavery was abolished in 1837. In South to Freedom, historianAlice L. Baumgartner tells the story of why Mexico abolished slavery and how its increasingly radical antislavery policies fueled the sectional crisis in the United States. Southerners hoped that annexing Texas and invading Mexico in the 1840s would stop runaways and secure slavery's future. Instead, the seizure of Alta California and Nuevo México upset the delicate political balance between free and slave states. This is a revelatory and essential new perspective on antebellum America and the causes of the Civil War. |
| a brief history of mexico: A Glorious Defeat Timothy J. Henderson, 2008-05-13 A concise yet comprehensive social history of the Mexican–American War as it was experienced by the people of Mexico. The war that was fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 was a major event in the history of both countries: it cost Mexico half of its national territory, opened western North America to US expansion, and magnified tensions that led to civil wars in both countries. Among generations of Latin Americans, it helped to cement the image of the United States as an arrogant, aggressive, and imperialist nation, poisoning relations between a young America and its southern neighbors. In contrast with many current books that treat the war as a fundamentally American experience, Timothy J. Henderson’s A Glorious Defeat offers a fresh perspective on the Mexican side of the equation. Examining the manner in which Mexico gained independence, Henderson brings to light a greater understanding of that country’s intense factionalism and political paralysis leading up to and through the war. |
| a brief history of mexico: Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) Pam Muñoz Ryan, 2012-10-01 A modern classic for our time and for all time-this beloved, award-winning bestseller resonates with fresh meaning for each new generation. Perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo, Christopher Paul Curtis, and Rita Williams-Garcia. Pura Belpre Award Winner * Readers will be swept up. -Publishers Weekly, starred review Esperanza thought she'd always live a privileged life on her family's ranch in Mexico. She'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home filled with servants, and Mama, Papa, and Abuelita to care for her. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California and settle in a Mexican farm labor camp. Esperanza isn't ready for the hard work, financial struggles brought on by the Great Depression, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When Mama gets sick and a strike for better working conditions threatens to uproot their new life, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--because Mama's life, and her own, depend on it. |
| a brief history of mexico: New Mexico and the Pimería Alta John G. Douglass, William Graves, 2017-03-01 Focusing on the two major areas of the Southwest that witnessed the most intensive and sustained colonial encounters, New Mexico and the Pimería Alta compares how different forms of colonialism and indigenous political economies resulted in diverse outcomes for colonists and Native peoples. Taking a holistic approach and studying both colonist and indigenous perspectives through archaeological, ethnohistoric, historic, and landscape data, contributors examine how the processes of colonialism played out in the American Southwest. Although these broad areas—New Mexico and southern Arizona/northern Sonora—share a similar early colonial history, the particular combination of players, sociohistorical trajectories, and social relations within each area led to, and were transformed by, markedly diverse colonial encounters. Understanding these different mixes of players, history, and social relations provides the foundation for conceptualizing the enormous changes wrought by colonialism throughout the region. The presentations of different cultural trajectories also offer important avenues for future thought and discussion on the strategies for missionization and colonialism. The case studies tackle how cultures evolved in the light of radical transformations in cultural traits or traditions and how different groups reconciled to this change. A much needed up-to-date examination of the colonial era in the Southwest, New Mexico and the Pimería Alta demonstrates the intertwined relationships between cultural continuity and transformation during a time of immense change and highlights contemporary thought on the colonial experience. Contributors: Joseph Aguilar, Jimmy Arterberry, Heather Atherton, Dale Brenneman, J. Andrew Darling, John G. Douglass, B. Sunday Eiselt, Severin Fowles, William M. Graves, Lauren Jelinek, Kelly L. Jenks, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Phillip O. Leckman, Matthew Liebmann, Kent G. Lightfoot, Lindsay Montgomery, Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman, Robert Preucel, Matthew Schmader, Thomas E. Sheridan, Colleen Strawhacker, J. Homer Thiel, David Hurst Thomas, Laurie D. Webster |
| a brief history of mexico: The Legacy of Vicente Guerrero Theodore G. Vincent, 2001 A book that must be read by all Americans who desire a more critical understanding of the historical contributions that Africans made beyond the borders of the United States. It dramatically captures a history that has long been neglected by historians of the Mexican Revolution of 1810. . . . An important contribution that links the common histories of African and Latino Americans.--Carlos Muñoz, Jr., University of California, Berkeley Elected the first black Indian president of Mexico in 1829, Vicente Guerrero has been called the country's Washington and Lincoln. This revisionist biography of one of Mexico's most important historical figures--the person who issued the decree abolishing slavery--traces the impact of race and ethnicity on Mexico's national identity. An activist from boyhood and a mule driver by trade, Guerrero led a coalition of blacks and indigenous peoples during the difficult last years of Mexico's war for independence from Spain, 1810-21. In office, he taxed the rich, protected small businesses, tried to abolish the death penalty, and championed the village council movement in which peasants elected representatives without qualifications of race, property ownership, or literacy; he enjoyed signing his correspondence Citizen Guerrero. In 1831 he was kidnapped and killed by his political opponents. This book also tells the story of seven generations of Guerrero's activist descendants, including his grandson Vicente Riva Palacio, the historian whose well-known writings elaborate on the ideals of a multiracial and democratic nation. Still in print today, his novels, essays, and five-volume national history are used here to help explain the factors that made the region of El Sur a center for political radicals from 1810 up to the revolution of 1910. For all readers interested in issues of diversity, this book will illuminate the evolving and distinct interactions of Indians, whites, and the descendants of the 250,000 Africans and 100,000 Asians brought to colonial Mexico. Theodore G. Vincent, a retired history instructor from the University of California, Berkeley, is a former newspaper columnist for the Los Angeles Herald Dispatch. He is the author of four books, most recently Keep Cool: The Black Activists Who Built the Jazz Age, and has published many articles on Afro-Mexico. |
| a brief history of mexico: The Cambridge History of Latin America Leslie Bethell, 1984 Enth.: Bd. 1-2: Colonial Latin America ; Bd. 3: From Independence to c. 1870 ; Bd. 4-5: c. 1870 to 1930 ; Bd. 6-10: Latin America since 1930 ; Bd. 11: Bibliographical essays. |
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Mexico, our neighbor to the south, has a fascinating history with which most Americans are unfamiliar (Middle-class and wealthy Mexicans know far more about the United States than …
MEXICO BEFORE DÍAZ - University of New Mexico
background & history MEXICO BEFORE DÍAZ For 300 years after Hernán Cortés initiated the so-called fusion of indigenous and European his-tories into “one history”1, Mexico was largely …
Historiography of Mexico Since 1821
History of Mexico: A Popular History (New York, 1914); H. I. Priestley, The Mexican Nation, A History (New York, 1923); H.B. Parkes, A History of Mexico (Boston, 1938).
Brief History of the Mexico-Audrain County Library District
This is a brief history of the Mexico-Audrain County Library District. We encourage reading and lifelong learning to open doors and adventures. Community, Literacy and Learning! (The …
History through Art: Mexico - University of Texas at Austin
Students will examine the cultural and economic changes that occur in Mexico after the conquest of the Spanish. Using this basic historical knowledge, students will examine how later artists in …
History of Sonora
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SONORA (Vers. February 26, 2015) Richard C. Brusca. NOTE: Being but a brief overview, this essay cannot do justice to Sonora’s long and colorful history, but it …
Then and Now -- A Brief History of Tokay, New Mexico
In the 1920s the coal-mining settlement of Tokay, Socorro County, New Mexico (Fig. 1), was a bustling town of a few hundred inhab-itants, including 125 coal miners (Julyan, 1996, p. 356). …
Oral History: Oral History in Mexico
Mexico may possess the earliest examples of oral history in the New World: the oral investigations of Spanish missionary Fray Ber nardino de Sahagun, who, in the first years of the colonial period,
Spanish Society in Mexico City after the Conquest - JSTOR
the formation of Spanish American society in Mexico. That society had its roots in the Iberian peninsula, the experience of Spaniards in the islands and Tierra Firme, and the peoples, …
DRC Mexico: A Brief History
DRC’s country operation in Mexico responds to two distinct crises: mixed migration flows and internal displacement. Although these two situations have different causes, they both produce …
A Brief History of Los Alamos, New Mexico
A Brief History of Los Alamos, New Mexico Early Los Alamos Los Alamos is built on the Pajarito (pah-ha-REE-toe) Plateau, between the Rio Grande and the Valles Caldera. It sits on volcanic …
A Brief History Of Mexico [PDF] - netsec.csuci.edu
A Brief History Of Mexico A brief history of Mexico: A journey through time, from ancient civilizations to modern nationhood, exploring key figures, pivotal events, and lasting cultural impacts. Article Outline: 1. Pre-Columbian Era: The Rise and Fall of Mesoamerican Empires 2. Spanish Conquest and Colonial Rule: The Transformation of Mexico 3.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEXICO - Peters Township School District
Mexico. Roughly twenty million people inhabited an area historians refer to as Mesoamerica. 1 One of the most famous of these tribes were the Mayan who dominated Mexico from 250-900 AD. The time period of Mayan dominance is known as the Classic Period. The Mayan empire was connected by trade routes,
A Brief History of México I. Early history - faculty.utrgv.edu
Early history. Bering Strait many thousands of years ago. By 900 B.C. they constructed their first urban communities. at San Lorenzo in southeast Veracruz state. Other prominent civilizations later emerged in Valley of Mexico at Teotihuacan, in …
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEXICO - ptsd.k12.pa.us
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEXICO. The Classic Period to the Present. Created by Steve Maiolo Copyright 2014 (Revised 2015) Table of Contents. Chapter 1: Section 1: The Maya . The Mayan Creation Myth ....................................................................... 1.
Colonial Mexico - SRE - Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores
Colonial. After the fall of the Aztec Empire, Spain called their new lands the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and ruled over Mexico for the next three hundred years. Tenochtitlan, the old capital of the Empire, became known as Mexico City. The Spaniards built palaces and churches on …
History of Mexico
Mexico’s history can be divided into two major time periods: the period before the arrival of the Eu-ropeans, and the period that followed it. Reminders of Mexico’s past are found in the ruins that still exist throughout Mexico.
HISTORY OF MODERN MEXICO
Examine the history of Mexico as a fundamental aspect of the transnational histories of the United States and Latin America. Explain how the initial colonial encounter of peoples has endured to shape the country’s complex
OF MEXICO A CONCISE HISTORY - Cambridge University Press
A CONCISE HISTORY OF MEXICO This concise history looks at Mexico from politi-cal, economic, and cultural perspectives, portraying Mexico s struggle to break out of the colonial past and assert its viability as a sovereign state in a com-petitive world. In this third edition, Hamnett adds new material on Mexico s regional and international
MEXICO IN THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES
Examine the history of Mexico as a fundamental aspect of the transnational histories of the United States and Latin America. Explain how the initial colonial encounter of peoples has endured to shape the country’s complex racial and ethnic identities.
HILA 131: History of Mexico: From Spanish Conquest to Modern Nation …
Mexico, our neighbor to the south, has a fascinating history with which most Americans are unfamiliar (Middle-class and wealthy Mexicans know far more about the United States than Americans know about Mexico).
MEXICO BEFORE DÍAZ - University of New Mexico
background & history MEXICO BEFORE DÍAZ For 300 years after Hernán Cortés initiated the so-called fusion of indigenous and European his-tories into “one history”1, Mexico was largely administered by rulers from the Spanish peninsula, appointed by the Crown. Independence in 1810 severed the link to Spain and was followed by
Historiography of Mexico Since 1821
History of Mexico: A Popular History (New York, 1914); H. I. Priestley, The Mexican Nation, A History (New York, 1923); H.B. Parkes, A History of Mexico (Boston, 1938).
Brief History of the Mexico-Audrain County Library District
This is a brief history of the Mexico-Audrain County Library District. We encourage reading and lifelong learning to open doors and adventures. Community, Literacy and Learning! (The library history was compiled by Mrs. Violet Lierheimer and Ms. …
History through Art: Mexico - University of Texas at Austin
Students will examine the cultural and economic changes that occur in Mexico after the conquest of the Spanish. Using this basic historical knowledge, students will examine how later artists in Mexico portray their history through their craft.
History of Sonora
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SONORA (Vers. February 26, 2015) Richard C. Brusca. NOTE: Being but a brief overview, this essay cannot do justice to Sonora’s long and colorful history, but it hopefully provides a condensed introduction to this marvelous state.
Then and Now -- A Brief History of Tokay, New Mexico
In the 1920s the coal-mining settlement of Tokay, Socorro County, New Mexico (Fig. 1), was a bustling town of a few hundred inhab-itants, including 125 coal miners (Julyan, 1996, p. 356). Tokay was on the southwest side of the Carthage coal field, about 10 …
Oral History: Oral History in Mexico
Mexico may possess the earliest examples of oral history in the New World: the oral investigations of Spanish missionary Fray Ber nardino de Sahagun, who, in the first years of the colonial period,
Spanish Society in Mexico City after the Conquest - JSTOR
the formation of Spanish American society in Mexico. That society had its roots in the Iberian peninsula, the experience of Spaniards in the islands and Tierra Firme, and the peoples, cultures, and ecology of Mexico itself. Ignoring long-term developments and earlier precedents when examining the history of Mexico and other Spanish
DRC Mexico: A Brief History
DRC’s country operation in Mexico responds to two distinct crises: mixed migration flows and internal displacement. Although these two situations have different causes, they both produce humanitarian needs and protection risks for persons
A Brief History of Los Alamos, New Mexico
A Brief History of Los Alamos, New Mexico Early Los Alamos Los Alamos is built on the Pajarito (pah-ha-REE-toe) Plateau, between the Rio Grande and the Valles Caldera. It sits on volcanic rock created by multiple eruptions from 500 thousand to 1.25 million years ago. The first people to live here were hunter-gatherers more than 10,000 years ago.
