A Concise History of Mexico
Title | A Concise History of Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Brian R. Hamnett |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 1999-11-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521589161 |
An illustrated introduction to Mexico's historical and contemporary issues, problems and events.
A Concise History of Mexico
Title | A Concise History of Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Brian R. Hamnett |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 25 |
Release | 2006-05-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521852846 |
This updated edition offers an accessible and richly illustrated study of Mexico's political, social, economic and cultural history.
A Brief History of Mexico
Title | A Brief History of Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn V. Foster |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Mexico |
ISBN | 0816074054 |
Praise for the previous editions: ..".well researched...concise...interesting..."--American Reference Books Annual
Mexico
Title | Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Ryal Miller |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 429 |
Release | 2015-01-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0806175273 |
This book is a skillful synthesis of Mexico's complex and colorful history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Utilizing his many years of research and teaching as well as his personal experience in Mexico, the author incorporates recent archaeological evidence, posits fresh interpretations, and analyzes such current problems as foreign debt, dependency on petroleum exports, and providing education and employment for an expanding population. Combining political events and social history in a smooth narrative, the book describes events, places, and individuals, the daily life of peasants and urban workers, and touches on cultural topics, including architecture, art, literature, and music. As a special feature, each chapter contains excerpts from contemporary letters, books, decrees, or poems, firsthand accounts that lend historical flavor to the discussion of each era. Mexico has an exciting history: several Indian civilizations; the Spanish conquest; three colonial centuries, during which there was a blending of Old World and New World cultures; a decade of wars for independence; the struggle of the young republic; wars with the United States and France; confrontation between the Indian president, Juárez, and the Austrian born emperor, Maximilian; a long dictatorship under Diaz; the Great Revolution that destroyed debt peonage, confiscated Church property, and reduced foreign economic power; and the recent drive to modernize through industrialization. Mexico: A History will be an excellent college-level textbook and good reading for the thousands of Americans who have visited Mexico and those who hope to visit.
The Oxford History of Mexico
Title | The Oxford History of Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | William Beezley |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 688 |
Release | 2010-08-03 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0199731985 |
The tenth anniversary edition of The Oxford History of Mexico tells the fascinating story of Mexico as it has evolved from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. Available for the first time in paperback, this magnificent volume covers the nation's history in a series of essays written by an international team of scholars. Essays have been revised to reflect events of the past decade, recent discoveries, and the newest advances in scholarship, while a new introduction discusses such issues as immigration from Mexico to the United States and the democratization implied by the defeat of the official party in the 2000 and 2006 presidential elections. Newly released to commemorate the bicentennial of the Mexican War of Independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, this updated and redesigned volume offers an affordable, accessible, and compelling account of Mexico through the ages.
Mexican Mosaic
Title | Mexican Mosaic PDF eBook |
Author | Jürgen Buchenau |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
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Our new brief text highlights Mexico's stunning geographical, ethnic, and social diversity. In the sixteenth century, diseases brought by the Spanish conquerors wiped out almost 90 per cent of the indigenous population. Since then, Mexico - first as a colony of Spain and, after 1821, as an independent nation - has exported thousands of tons of silver, affecting currencies and prices as far away as China and India. In the century following independence, Mexico was invaded six times by three different European nations (Britain, France, and Spain) as well as the United States, the latter conflict resulting in the loss of half of Mexico's territory. More recently, Mexico has played an ever more important part in the world economy. Focused primarily on the period since independence in 1821, this brief text effectively summarizes Mexico's rich history, delineating some of the major processes at the national level and hinting at regional and local counter-currents.
The Mexican Revolution
Title | The Mexican Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Stuart Easterling |
Publisher | Haymarket Books |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2013-01-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1608461831 |
“An excellent account and analysis of the Mexican Revolution, its background, its course, and its legacy . . . an important contribution [and] a must read!” (Samuel Farber, author of Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959). The most significant event in modern Mexican history, the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20 remains a subject of debate and controversy. Why did it happen? What makes it distinctive? Was it even a revolution at all? In The Mexican Revolution, Stuart Easterling offers a concise chronicle of events from the fall of the longstanding Díaz regime to Gen. Obregón’s ascent to the presidency. In a comprehensible style, aimed at students and general readers, Easterling sorts through the revolution’s many internal conflicts, and asks whether or not its leaders achieved their goals.