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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... remained indepen- dent from the Aztecs , and marched toward Tenochtitlán , capital of the Aztec empire . En route , many Indians welcomed Cortés as a deliverer from brutal Aztec control . Gripped by fear and indecision , Montezuma ...
... remained indepen- dent from the Aztecs , and marched toward Tenochtitlán , capital of the Aztec empire . En route , many Indians welcomed Cortés as a deliverer from brutal Aztec control . Gripped by fear and indecision , Montezuma ...
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... remained uncolonized by the Spaniards and underpopulated . The fact that little mineral wealth was found shifted attention away from this region and toward the mainland , where there was greater mineral wealth and a larger population ...
... remained uncolonized by the Spaniards and underpopulated . The fact that little mineral wealth was found shifted attention away from this region and toward the mainland , where there was greater mineral wealth and a larger population ...
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... remained tense and occasion- ally unfriendly . Cárdenas's confrontational and intransigent stance and his refusal to acknowledge the depth of the Salinas administration's electoral reforms divided the party and weakened its appeal ...
... remained tense and occasion- ally unfriendly . Cárdenas's confrontational and intransigent stance and his refusal to acknowledge the depth of the Salinas administration's electoral reforms divided the party and weakened its appeal ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment | 8 |
and Native Peoples | 9 |
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