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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... colonial Mexico to question the scho- lasticism that permeated the university and most of society . Colonial society in New Spain exhibited very special characteristics . The absorption and almost total disappearance of native languages ...
... colonial Mexico to question the scho- lasticism that permeated the university and most of society . Colonial society in New Spain exhibited very special characteristics . The absorption and almost total disappearance of native languages ...
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... colonial period and even today . The initial wealth produced by the Mexican mines discouraged other productive activities in the colony and encouraged Spain to rely heavily on mineral wealth for its economic well - being to the ...
... colonial period and even today . The initial wealth produced by the Mexican mines discouraged other productive activities in the colony and encouraged Spain to rely heavily on mineral wealth for its economic well - being to the ...
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... colonial matters . Those orders neglected the more Christian and humanitarian aspects of earlier Spanish policies and emphasized stronger and more centralized control and greater efficiency in extracting wealth from Spanish America ...
... colonial matters . Those orders neglected the more Christian and humanitarian aspects of earlier Spanish policies and emphasized stronger and more centralized control and greater efficiency in extracting wealth from Spanish America ...
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Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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