Mexicans - A Sense of Culture

This historical overview of Mexico explores at every opportunity what it is that makes contemporary Mexico the fascinating and vibrant melange of cultures that it is

List of contents

Introduction: Learning Language, Knowing Culture 1. Getting It, Between Cultures 2. The Importance of Mexico's Past 3. This New World, Spanish Style 4. Conquest and Colony 5. Cultural Hybridity Emerging 6. Making Today's Mexico: Criollos, Independence, and Caudillos 7. The Mexican Mind: An Interlude 8. Making Today's Mexico: The Nineteenth Century and the Mexican Revolution 9. Problems that Wouldn't Go Away 10. Particular Mexican Ways 11. Making Today's Mexico: Or, How and Why are there Two Mexicos? 12. Along the Political Roller Coaster 13. And Now: Pre-Postmodern Mexico? 14. Flying High or Primed for a Fall?

About the author

Merrell, Floyd

Summary

This historical overview of Mexico explores at every opportunity what it is that makes contemporary Mexico the fascinating and vibrant melange of cultures that it is

Product details

• Authors: Floyd Merrell
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.01.2003
• EAN: 9780813340449
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-4044-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Mexiko, Amerikanische Geschichte, Kulturwissenschaften, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus