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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 23
Página 5
... rural , rich and poor , Mexico City and the rest of the country . In many respects , these ten- sions reinforce one another and help to explain some of the violence as different regions and groupings have tried to capture national power ...
... rural , rich and poor , Mexico City and the rest of the country . In many respects , these ten- sions reinforce one another and help to explain some of the violence as different regions and groupings have tried to capture national power ...
Página 129
... rural groups were joined into leagues and the leagues formed a central confedera- tion . Through membership in the leagues and the confederation , peas- ants and poorer elements now had a voice , albeit minor , in the party and its ...
... rural groups were joined into leagues and the leagues formed a central confedera- tion . Through membership in the leagues and the confederation , peas- ants and poorer elements now had a voice , albeit minor , in the party and its ...
Página 201
... rural condi- tions . At least nine million Mexicans live in extreme poverty in rural areas . To ease hardships among farmers , the Mexican government intro- duced PROCAMPO , a rural support program . Over the next fifteen years ...
... rural condi- tions . At least nine million Mexicans live in extreme poverty in rural areas . To ease hardships among farmers , the Mexican government intro- duced PROCAMPO , a rural support program . Over the next fifteen years ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 18 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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