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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Página 119
... million acres of land . But the promise of land for the masses remained just a promise . During his administration , fewer than half a million acres were distributed . No wonder Zapata had complained to Carranza before his death that ...
... million acres of land . But the promise of land for the masses remained just a promise . During his administration , fewer than half a million acres were distributed . No wonder Zapata had complained to Carranza before his death that ...
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... million acres of land , more than had been distributed in all the years since the revolution . About one third of the Mexican population received land under the agrarian reform program , most of which went to the communal ejidos . The ...
... million acres of land , more than had been distributed in all the years since the revolution . About one third of the Mexican population received land under the agrarian reform program , most of which went to the communal ejidos . The ...
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... million Mexi- cans do not obtain adequate food . Of these , 17 million live in extreme poverty and suffer from malnutrition . Although poverty is found throughout the country , it is heavily concentrated in the areas of Chia- pas ...
... million Mexi- cans do not obtain adequate food . Of these , 17 million live in extreme poverty and suffer from malnutrition . Although poverty is found throughout the country , it is heavily concentrated in the areas of Chia- pas ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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