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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... initiated a literacy campaign in the rural areas and built approximately one thousand rural schools . These schools became not only agents of basic education but also centers of learning and culture . A legion of nationalistic ...
... initiated a literacy campaign in the rural areas and built approximately one thousand rural schools . These schools became not only agents of basic education but also centers of learning and culture . A legion of nationalistic ...
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... initiated massive housing projects , primarily in Mexico City , to cope with the vexing problems of mass migration from rural to urban areas and to accommodate rising birth rates . Rents were modest , and schools and nurseries were ...
... initiated massive housing projects , primarily in Mexico City , to cope with the vexing problems of mass migration from rural to urban areas and to accommodate rising birth rates . Rents were modest , and schools and nurseries were ...
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... initiated by the Salinas adminis- tration , particularly expanding the economy , supporting NAFTA , reforming the judicial system , improving the educational system , and accelerating Mexico's move toward full democracy . He also ...
... initiated by the Salinas adminis- tration , particularly expanding the economy , supporting NAFTA , reforming the judicial system , improving the educational system , and accelerating Mexico's move toward full democracy . He also ...
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Understanding Mexico | 3 |
Mexicos Natural Environment and Native Peoples | 9 |
Enter the Spaniards | 26 |
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