The Mexico Reader

Informationen zum Autor Gilbert M. Joseph is Farnam Professor of History and Director of Latin American and Iberian Studies at Yale University. He is coeditor of Everyday Forms of State Formation: Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico and Close Encounters of Empire: Writing the Cultural History of U.S.Latin American Relations (both published by Duke University Press). Timothy J. Henderson is Associate Professor of History at Auburn University Montgomery. He is the author of The Worm in the Wheat: Rosalie Evans and Agrarian Struggle in the Puebla-Tlaxcala Valley of Mexico, 19081927 (also published by Duke University Press). Klappentext "For any journey through Mexican history, politics, social movements, and popular culture, travelers should start with this fascinating collection. Expertly edited and translated, each document adds to the rich landscape and each is cogently introduced to the reader. The perfect source book for any college course on Mexico from the Aztecs and Mayas to the 21st century."--John H. Coatsworth, Harvard University Zusammenfassung An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments xi A Note on Style xiii Introduction 1 I The Search for "Lo Mexicano" Introduction 9 The Mexican Character / Joel Poinsett 11 The Cosmic Race / José Vasconcelos 15 The Sons of La Malinche / Octavio Paz 20 The Problem of National Culture / Guillermo Bonfil Batalla 28 Does It Mean Anything to Be Mexican? / Roger Bartra 33 Mexico City 1992 / Alma Guillermoprieto 41 Two Ranchera Songs / José Alfredo Jiménez and Cuco Sánchez 53 II Ancient Civilizations Introduction 55 The Origins of the Aztecs / Anonymous 57 The Cost of Courage in Aztec Society / Inga Clendinnen 61 Popol Vuh / Anonymous 79 The Meaning of Maize for the Maya / J. Eric Thompson 86 Omens Foretelling the Conquest / Anonymous 92 III Conquest and Colony Inroduction 95 The Spaniards' Entry into Tenochtitlán / Bernal Díaz del Castillo and Hernán Cortés 97 Cortés and Montezuma / J.H. Eliott 105 The Battles of Tenochtitlán and Tlateloclo / Anonymous 109 The Spiritual Conquest, Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta 114 Why the Indians Are Dying / Alonso de Zorita 122 The Colonial Latifundio / Enrique Florescano 131 A Baroque Archbishop-Viceroy / Irving Leonard 141 On Men's Hypocrisy / Sor Juana 156 The Itching Parrot, the Priest, and the Subdelegate / José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi 160 IV Trials of the Young Republic Introduction 169 The Siege of Guanajuato / Lucas Alamán 171 Sentiments of the Nation / José María Morelos 189 Plan of Iguala / Agustín de Iturbide 192 Women and War in Mexico / Frances Calderón de la Barca 196 The Glorious Revolution of 1844 / Guillermo Prieto 206 Décimas Dedicated to Santa Anna's Leg / Anonymous 213 War and Finance, Mexican Style / Juan Bautista Morales 217 A Conservative Procession of Faith / The Editors of El Tiempo 220 Considerations Relating to the Political and Social Situation / Mariana Otero 226 Liberals and the Land / Luis Gonzáles y Gonzáles 239 Standard Plots and Rural Resistance / Raymond B. Craib 252 Offer to the Crown to Maximilian / Junta of Conservative Notables 263 A Letter from Mexico / Empress Carlotta 265 The Triumph of the Republic / Benito Juárez 270 Pofirio Díaz Visits Yucatán / Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor Frost 273 Scenes from a Lumber Camp / B. Traven 279 President Díaz, Hero of the Americas / James Creelman 285 Gift of the Skeletons / Anonymous 292 Special Section Mexican History in Photographs / John Mraz 297 V Revolution Introduction 333 Land and Liberty / Ricardo Flores Magón 339 The Rest...

Klappentext
"For any journey through Mexican history, politics, social movements, and popular culture, travelers should start with this fascinating collection. Expertly edited and translated, each document adds to the rich landscape and each is cogently introduced to the reader. The perfect source book for any college course on Mexico from the Aztecs and Mayas to the 21st century."--John H. Coatsworth, Harvard University

Zusammenfassung
An interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on Style xiii
Introduction 1
I The Search for "Lo Mexicano"
Introduction 9
The Mexican Character / Joel Poinsett 11
The Cosmic Race / José Vasconcelos 15
The Sons of La Malinche / Octavio Paz 20
The Problem of National Culture / Guillermo Bonfil Batalla 28
Does It Mean Anything to Be Mexican? / Roger Bartra 33
Mexico City 1992 / Alma Guillermoprieto 41
Two Ranchera Songs / José Alfredo Jiménez and Cuco Sánchez 53
II Ancient Civilizations
Introduction 55
The Origins of the Aztecs / Anonymous 57
The Cost of Courage in Aztec Society / Inga Clendinnen 61
Popol Vuh / Anonymous 79
The Meaning of Maize for the Maya / J. Eric Thompson 86
Omens Foretelling the Conquest / Anonymous 92
III Conquest and Colony
Inroduction 95
The Spaniards’ Entry into Tenochtitlán / Bernal Díaz del Castillo and Hernán Cortés 97
Cortés and Montezuma / J.H. Eliott 105
The Battles of Tenochtitlán and Tlateloclo / Anonymous 109
The Spiritual Conquest, Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta 114
Why the Indians Are Dying / Alonso de Zorita 122
The Colonial Latifundio / Enrique Florescano 131
A Baroque Archbishop-Viceroy / Irving Leonard 141
On Men's Hypocrisy / Sor Juana 156
The Itching Parrot, the Priest, and the Subdelegate / José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi 160
IV Trials of the Young Republic
Introduction 169
The Siege of Guanajuato / Lucas Alamán 171
Sentiments of the Nation / José María Morelos 189
Plan of Iguala / Agustín de Iturbide 192
Women and War in Mexico / Frances Calderón de la Barca 196
The Glorious Revolution of 1844 / Guillermo Prieto 206
Décimas Dedicated to Santa Anna’s Leg / Anonymous 213
War and Finance, Mexican Style / Juan Bautista Morales 217
A Conservative Procession of Faith / The Editors of El Tiempo 220
Considerations Relating to the Political and Social Situation / Mariana Otero 226
Liberals and the Land / Luis Gonzáles y Gonzáles 239
Standard Plots and Rural Resistance / Raymond B. Craib 252
Offer to the Crown to Maximilian / Junta of Conservative Notables 263
A Letter from Mexico / Empress Carlotta 265
The Triumph of the Republic / Benito Juárez 270
Pofirio Díaz Visits Yucatán / Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor Frost 273
Scenes from a Lumber Camp / B. Traven 279
President Díaz, Hero of the Americas / James Creelman 285
Gift of the Skeletons / Anonymous 292
Special Section
Mexican History in Photographs / John Mraz 297
V Revolution
Introduction 333
Land and Liberty / Ricardo Flores Magón 339
The Restoration of the Ejido / Luis Cabrera 344
Zapatistas in the Palace / Martín Luis Guzmán 351
Mexico Has Been Turned into a Hell / William O. Jenkins 357
Pancho Villa / John Reed 364
La Punitiva / Anonymous 372
Pedro Martinez / Oscar Lewis 375
Juan the Chamula / Ricardo Pozas 387
The Constitution of 1917: Articles 27 and 123 398
An Agrarian Encounter / Rosalie Evans 403
Ode to Cuanhtémoc / Carlos Pellicer 406
The Socialist ABC's / Anonymous 411
The Ballad of Valentin of the Sierra / Anonymous 418
Mexico Must Become a Nation of Institutions and Laws / Plutarco Elias Calles 421
The Formation of the Single-Party state / Carlos Fuentes 426
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