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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... early . The most common method was milpa , or slash - and- burn agriculture . This method is believed to have been very productive and able to support large populations . Slash - and - burn farming tended to exhaust the soil quickly ...
... early . The most common method was milpa , or slash - and- burn agriculture . This method is believed to have been very productive and able to support large populations . Slash - and - burn farming tended to exhaust the soil quickly ...
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... early nineteenth century . Mining played a key role in the early development of New Spain . A major gold and silver rush occurred when the first mines were discov- ered in Zacatecas in the north and Taxco and Sultepec in the south ...
... early nineteenth century . Mining played a key role in the early development of New Spain . A major gold and silver rush occurred when the first mines were discov- ered in Zacatecas in the north and Taxco and Sultepec in the south ...
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... early 1950s , the U.S. government simultaneously instituted Operation Wetback to control the flow of unauthorized Mexicans across the bor- der . Once again , immigration officers rounded up thousands of Mexi- cans and repatriated them ...
... early 1950s , the U.S. government simultaneously instituted Operation Wetback to control the flow of unauthorized Mexicans across the bor- der . Once again , immigration officers rounded up thousands of Mexi- cans and repatriated them ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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administration advocated American 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 issue Juárez labor land Latin America leaders leadership Lerdo Ley Lerdo liberal Library of Congress López Portillo Madero major Maximilian Mayan ment Mesoamerica mestizos Mexi Mexican history Mexican politics Mexican revolution Mexican-Americans Mexico City military million NAFTA North numerous Obregón Olmec organized party percent population Porfirio Díaz president presidential Press Quetzalcoatl rebellion reforms regime region revolutionary 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