Mexico: From Montezuma to NAFTA, Chiapas, and BeyondBrassey's, 1996 - 227 páginas In this fascinating thousand-year history of America's controversial and rapidly changing neighbor, a leading expert on Latin America explains how Mexico's present and future flow directly from its past. Going well beyond analyses of recent crises, Mexico is an engrossing introduction to the Indian civilizations, the harsh rule of the Spaniards, social violence and revolution, and the country's mercurial relationship with the United States up to the present. |
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... North , have joined the North American Free Trade Agreement , and wish for a democracy as it exists in the United States . Mexicans also remember , however , that Americans took more than one third of Mexico's territory , have invaded ...
... North , have joined the North American Free Trade Agreement , and wish for a democracy as it exists in the United States . Mexicans also remember , however , that Americans took more than one third of Mexico's territory , have invaded ...
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... north , Mayan culture entered a period of great expansion and progress . The Mayans had many important centers , none of which completely dominated the others . The Petén region of Guatemala , however , is gen- erally considered the ...
... north , Mayan culture entered a period of great expansion and progress . The Mayans had many important centers , none of which completely dominated the others . The Petén region of Guatemala , however , is gen- erally considered the ...
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... North America , the first Spaniards entered what is now the American Southwest , lured by the promise of Indian wealth . The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1609. Extensive colonization of the area did not occur for another hundred ...
... North America , the first Spaniards entered what is now the American Southwest , lured by the promise of Indian wealth . The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1609. Extensive colonization of the area did not occur for another hundred ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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Términos y frases comunes
administration advocated areas army assassinated Aztec Aztec society became border California capital Cárdenas Carranza caudillos Central century Chiapas Chiapas uprising Church civil colonial conservative constitution corruption Cortés Creoles Crown culture decades defeated democratic developed Díaz Echeverría economic ejidos elections empire encomienda European forces French groups guerrilla Hispanic Huerta immigration important increased independence Indians and mestizos industry influence issue Juárez labor land Latin American leaders leadership Lerdo Ley Lerdo liberal Library of Congress López Portillo Madero major Maximilian Mayan ment Mesoamerica mestizos Mexi Mexican history Mexican revolution Mexican-Americans Mexico City military million NAFTA North numerous Obregón Olmec organized party percent political population Porfirio Díaz president presidential Press Quetzalcoatl rebellion reforms regime region revolutionary rural Salinas Sandinistas Santa Anna sectors social society Southwest Spain Spaniards Spanish Teotihuacán territory Texas throughout tion Toltecs trade U.S. citizens United uprising Veracruz violence Zapatista Zedillo