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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... political elite that was so thor- oughly enmeshed with the ruling political party appeared to acknowl- edge that a better educated and growing middle class deserved a more democratic system . Despite all of these promising developments ...
... political elite that was so thor- oughly enmeshed with the ruling political party appeared to acknowl- edge that a better educated and growing middle class deserved a more democratic system . Despite all of these promising developments ...
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... political bosses promoted the idea of a loose federal confederacy for Mexico . Yet others , fearing the breakup of the country into small fiefdoms , advo- cated a strong central government able to impose order and unite the nation ...
... political bosses promoted the idea of a loose federal confederacy for Mexico . Yet others , fearing the breakup of the country into small fiefdoms , advo- cated a strong central government able to impose order and unite the nation ...
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... political process . It became an institutional pillar of the government and the party and a force for authoritarian control . The participation of the military leader- ship in decision making at high levels seemed to have been a factor ...
... political process . It became an institutional pillar of the government and the party and a force for authoritarian control . The participation of the military leader- ship in decision making at high levels seemed to have been a factor ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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