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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... lived in small villages of modest scattered dwellings . In the highlands , their houses were made of wattle and daub with thatched palm roofs , and in the lowlands , they were constructed of wood . These villagers produced various ...
... lived in small villages of modest scattered dwellings . In the highlands , their houses were made of wattle and daub with thatched palm roofs , and in the lowlands , they were constructed of wood . These villagers produced various ...
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... lived like Indians ; others lived as rancheros or worked the mines ; still others became ban- dits or beggars ; a few entered the lower ranks of the clergy . Neither white nor Indian , the mestizos resented the Spaniards ' attitude of ...
... lived like Indians ; others lived as rancheros or worked the mines ; still others became ban- dits or beggars ; a few entered the lower ranks of the clergy . Neither white nor Indian , the mestizos resented the Spaniards ' attitude of ...
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... lived along the lower Rio Grande River . Indian attacks limited the number of people in the Southwest , and in places such as Arizona nearly all the Spanish colonists had to seek shelter within the city of Tucson . Throughout this ...
... lived along the lower Rio Grande River . Indian attacks limited the number of people in the Southwest , and in places such as Arizona nearly all the Spanish colonists had to seek shelter within the city of Tucson . Throughout this ...
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Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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