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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... believed to depict chieftains , warriors , or perhaps gods . The Olmec also produced many stone altars and stelae . Stelae are huge stone slabs carved in relief , which often depict historical scenes and hieroglyphic information . Trade ...
... believed to depict chieftains , warriors , or perhaps gods . The Olmec also produced many stone altars and stelae . Stelae are huge stone slabs carved in relief , which often depict historical scenes and hieroglyphic information . Trade ...
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... believed that the Toltecs arrived in the central valley during the tenth century with their leader Mixcóatl . The Toltecs ' history is filled with accounts of court intrigue and politics surrounding Mixcóatl's son Topiltzin and his ...
... believed that the Toltecs arrived in the central valley during the tenth century with their leader Mixcóatl . The Toltecs ' history is filled with accounts of court intrigue and politics surrounding Mixcóatl's son Topiltzin and his ...
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... believed that their financial situation was the same ; and 15 percent believed that they are worse off . Com- pared with their potential situation if they lived in Mexico , the situation in the United States may seem good . Since the ...
... believed that their financial situation was the same ; and 15 percent believed that they are worse off . Com- pared with their potential situation if they lived in Mexico , the situation in the United States may seem good . Since the ...
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Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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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