Many Mexicos
eBook - ePub

Many Mexicos

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Many Mexicos

About this book

Perhaps no country's history is as fascinating and perplexing as that of Mexico. "Mother Mexico," land of paradox, of contradiction and extreme--these are the strands that Lesley Byrd Simpson weaves into a unified fabric in presenting the country's history.   First published in 1941, Many Mexicos was awarded the Commonwealth Club Gold Medal for Literature. Travelers, students, and all who delight in the adventure of narrative history have since treasured the volume for its clarity and readability. Now, completely revised, the Silver Anniversary Edition reflects the vast published output of these past twenty-five years on the history of Mexico. Some chapters have been enlarged, others corrected. A map of Mexico showing political subdivisions is now included, and, in general, new material has been added to document the author's controversial statement (and there are many).   Bloody conquests and revolutions; men, good or evil; art, religion, and institutions brought from Spain or made in Mexico; topography and climate; the conflict of cultures and races; and finally, the emergence of Mexico into today's bewildering world--this in broad outline is the absorbing story Mr. Simpson so warmly presents.


Perhaps no country's history is as fascinating and perplexing as that of Mexico. "Mother Mexico," land of paradox, of contradiction and extreme--these are the strands that Lesley Byrd Simpson weaves into a unified fabric in presenting the country's histor

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. 1 MANY MEXICOS
  6. 2 THE TYRANT
  7. 3 HERNÁN CORTÉS
  8. 4 GANGSTER INTERLUDE
  9. 5 THE UPRIGHT JUDGES
  10. 6 DON ANTONIO DE MENDOZA
  11. 7 DON LUIS DE VELASCO
  12. 8 THE FRIARS
  13. 9 TOWNS, SPANISH AND INDIAN
  14. 10 WORK IN UTOPIA
  15. 11 THE SECOND GENERATION
  16. 12 THE SILVER AGE
  17. 13 TUMULT AND SHOUTING
  18. 14 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
  19. 15 THE SECULAR CHURCH
  20. 16 EDUCATION AND LETTERS
  21. 17 THE HOLY OFFICE
  22. 18 THE BENEVOLENT DESPOTS
  23. 19 THE GREAT MUTINY
  24. 20 SANTA ANNA’S LEG
  25. 21 HIDALGOS
  26. 22 JUÁREZ, THE MAN OF LAW
  27. 23 THE RISE AND FALL OF DON PORFIRIO
  28. 24 THIS STRANGE, EVENTFUL HISTORY
  29. 25 THE REVOLUTION COMES OF AGE
  30. 26 THE WELFARE STATE MAINLY POLITICAL
  31. 27 THE WELFARE STATE MAINLY ECONOMIC
  32. GLOSSARY
  33. SELECTED READING LIST OF STANDARD WORKS IN ENGLISH
  34. INDEX