[PDF] The Making Of Modern Mexico eBook

Author : Christina Bueno
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Archaeology and history
ISBN : 0826357326

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The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains in Mexico took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio DÃ-az.

Author : Enrique Krauze
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 885 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0062285262

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The concentration of power in the caudillo (leader) is as much a formative element of Mexican culture and politics as the historical legacy of the Aztec emperors, Cortez, the Spanish Crown, the Mother Church and the mixing of the Spanish and Indian population into a mestizo culture. Krauze shows how history becomes biography during the century of caudillos from the insurgent priests in 1810 to Porfirio and the Revolution in 1910. The Revolutionary era, ending in 1940, was dominated by the lives of seven presidents -- Madero, Zapata, Villa, Carranza, Obregon, Calles and Cardenas. Since 1940, the dominant power of the presidency has continued through years of boom and bust and crisis. A major question for the modern state, with today's president Zedillo, is whether that power can be decentralized, to end the cycles of history as biographies of power.

Author : Aaron W. Navarro
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 31,42 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0271037059

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"Analyzes the impact of the opposition candidacies in the Mexican presidential elections of 1940, 1946, and 1952 on the internal discipline and electoral dominance of the ruling Partido de la Revoluciâon Mexicana (PRM) and its successor, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Julio Moreno
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 18,73 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807854785

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In the aftermath of the 1910 Mexican Revolution, Mexican and U.S. political leaders, business executives, and ordinary citizens shaped modern Mexico by making industrial capitalism the key to upward mobility into the middle class, material prosperity, and

Author : Richard Rhoda
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 2010-01
Category : Human geography
ISBN : 9780973519136

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Geo-Mexico provides a lively, up-to-date and comprehensive exploration of Mexico, from climates to culture, population to politics, ecosystems to economy, transport to tourism, and globalization to gated communities. Key features: - assesses Mexico's success in meeting its demographic, economic and environmental challenges - traces the historical processes behind Mexico s modern landscapes - utilizes a variety of concepts, models and theories - engages the reader in contemporary issues, such as development, international migration, sustainability and global warming - explains Mexico s spatial patterns and its growing north-south divide * More than 100 original maps, graphs and diagrams * Over 50 text boxes highlight illustrative examples and case studies * Complete reference notes, bibliography and index. Geo-Mexico is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in Mexico.

Author : Horacio Legrás
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 43,88 MB
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1477310754

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In the twenty years of postrevolutionary rule in Mexico, the war remained fresh in the minds of those who participated in it, while the enigmas of the revolution remained obscured. Demonstrating how textuality helped to define the revolution, Culture and Revolution examines dozens of seemingly ahistorical artifacts to reveal the radical social shifts that emerged in the war’s aftermath. Presented thematically, this expansive work explores radical changes that resulted from postrevolution culture, including new internal migrations; a collective imagining of the future; popular biographical narratives, such as that of the life of Frida Kahlo; and attempts to create a national history that united indigenous and creole elite society through literature and architecture. While cultural production in early twentieth-century Mexico has been well researched, a survey of the common roles and shared tasks within the various forms of expression has, until now, been unavailable. Examining a vast array of productions, including popular festivities, urban events, life stories, photographs, murals, literature, and scientific discourse (including fields as diverse as anthropology and philology), Horacio Legrás shows how these expressions absorbed the idiosyncratic traits of the revolutionary movement. Tracing the formation of modern Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s, Legrás also demonstrates that the proliferation of artifacts—extending from poetry and film production to labor organization and political apparatuses—gave unprecedented visibility to previously marginalized populations, who ensured that no revolutionary faction would unilaterally shape Mexico’s historical process during these formative years.