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Mexican Mosaic: A Brief History of Mexico
Jürgen Buchenau
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Description for Mexican Mosaic: A Brief History of Mexico
Paperback. This book highlights Mexico's stunning geographical, ethnic, and social diversity and focuses primarily on the period since independence in 1821. Effectively summarizing Mexico's rich history, this book delineates some of the major processes at the national level, as well as on regional and local counter-currents. Num Pages: 164 pages, photos & maps. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780882952635
SKU
V9780882952635
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About Jürgen Buchenau
Jürgen Buchenau is Professor of History and Director of Latin American Studies at UNC Charlotte. He received his Ph.D. in History in 1993 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests are the international history of Mexico, immigration, and the Mexican Revolution. He is the author of In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of ... Read more
Reviews for Mexican Mosaic: A Brief History of Mexico
"For a number of reasons, Jürgen Buchenau's Mexican Mosaic is the most useful textbook that I have assigned in the past decade when teaching the history of Mexico. ... The book is well written, jargon-free, and engaging. In short, this is a straight-forward, student-friendly text that my entire class responded very favorably to." (John J. Dwyer, Duquesne University, for The ... Read more