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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... Juárez . A pure- blooded Zapotec Indian , Juárez was born in Oaxaca in 1806. Orphaned at an early age and unable to speak Spanish until the age of twelve , he left his family's adobe hut and moved to Mexico City to work as a household ...
... Juárez . A pure- blooded Zapotec Indian , Juárez was born in Oaxaca in 1806. Orphaned at an early age and unable to speak Spanish until the age of twelve , he left his family's adobe hut and moved to Mexico City to work as a household ...
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... Juárez organized a rural police force , the rurales , which imposed order in the countryside , making roads safer and commerce possible . To foster national unity and heal the wounds of the anti - Maximilian struggle , he pardoned and ...
... Juárez organized a rural police force , the rurales , which imposed order in the countryside , making roads safer and commerce possible . To foster national unity and heal the wounds of the anti - Maximilian struggle , he pardoned and ...
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... Juárez and Lerdo de Tejada . He surpassed Lerdo in popular voting but was unable to defeat Juárez , who was elected president . What he failed to achieve through ballots , Díaz achieved through bullets . In 1871 , he rebelled against ...
... Juárez and Lerdo de Tejada . He surpassed Lerdo in popular voting but was unable to defeat Juárez , who was elected president . What he failed to achieve through ballots , Díaz achieved through bullets . In 1871 , he rebelled against ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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