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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... action . They wanted to bring order from the existing chaos . The central government had to have the power and authority to bring about the political control and the economic transformation of the country . Local caudillos had to be ...
... action . They wanted to bring order from the existing chaos . The central government had to have the power and authority to bring about the political control and the economic transformation of the country . Local caudillos had to be ...
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... action against Cuba . López Portillo expected a more conciliatory Cuban policy in Central America , which could effect a negotiated set- tlement to the Nicaraguan and Salvadorean conflicts and a tacit agree- ment that the Cubans would ...
... action against Cuba . López Portillo expected a more conciliatory Cuban policy in Central America , which could effect a negotiated set- tlement to the Nicaraguan and Salvadorean conflicts and a tacit agree- ment that the Cubans would ...
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... actions made him internationally famous . After five years , the grape growers gave in to Chávez's demands , and for the first time in United States history , farmworkers would be legally protected by national labor laws . The Civil ...
... actions made him internationally famous . After five years , the grape growers gave in to Chávez's demands , and for the first time in United States history , farmworkers would be legally protected by national labor laws . The Civil ...
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Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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