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 68
... army and prepared to confront the Mexicans . One month later , Houston forces surprised Santa Anna's army . At the battle of San Jacinto and under the cry of " remember the Alamo , " the Mexicans were soundly defeated , Santa Anna was ...
... army and prepared to confront the Mexicans . One month later , Houston forces surprised Santa Anna's army . At the battle of San Jacinto and under the cry of " remember the Alamo , " the Mexicans were soundly defeated , Santa Anna was ...
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... army marched inland toward Puebla . Juárez ordered his army , commanded by Ignacio Zaragoza , to resist the French invader until death . The battle for Puebla cost both sides dearly , but a young Mexican officer , Porfirio Díaz ...
... army marched inland toward Puebla . Juárez ordered his army , commanded by Ignacio Zaragoza , to resist the French invader until death . The battle for Puebla cost both sides dearly , but a young Mexican officer , Porfirio Díaz ...
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... army . Maximilian should have seen the writing on the wall and returned to Europe . Yet , he was a proud prince married to a proud princess . He refused to leave and pleaded unsuccessfully with Napoleon to recon- sider and keep the ...
... army . Maximilian should have seen the writing on the wall and returned to Europe . Yet , he was a proud prince married to a proud princess . He refused to leave and pleaded unsuccessfully with Napoleon to recon- sider and keep the ...
Contenido
Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment and Native Peoples | 9 |
Enter the Spaniards | 26 |
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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