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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 23
Página 20
... advocated peace . This conflict was personified through tales of Tezcat- lipoca and Quetzalcoatl . The ancestral supreme deity of the Toltecs was Tezcatlipoca ( Smoking Mirror ) —an unpredictable , fierce god who was never to be crossed ...
... advocated peace . This conflict was personified through tales of Tezcat- lipoca and Quetzalcoatl . The ancestral supreme deity of the Toltecs was Tezcatlipoca ( Smoking Mirror ) —an unpredictable , fierce god who was never to be crossed ...
Página 54
... advocated either significant change in the rela- tionship between Spain and its colonies or outright independence for Mexico . The advocates for change were also affected by the ideological and intellectual climate in Europe . The ...
... advocated either significant change in the rela- tionship between Spain and its colonies or outright independence for Mexico . The advocates for change were also affected by the ideological and intellectual climate in Europe . The ...
Página 62
... advocated a Church that would guide the destinies of the nation . The leading liberal theoretician during this period was José María Luis Mora . He advocated individual as opposed to communal property rights . He attacked the fueros or ...
... advocated a Church that would guide the destinies of the nation . The leading liberal theoretician during this period was José María Luis Mora . He advocated individual as opposed to communal property rights . He attacked the fueros or ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment and Native Peoples | 9 |
Enter the Spaniards | 26 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 17 secciones no mostradas
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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