{"product_id":"the-mexico-reader-9780822330424","title":"The Mexico Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interdisciplinary anthology that includes many primary resources never before published in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e”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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003cbr\u003e A Note on Style xiii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e I The Search for \"Lo Mexicano\" \u003cbr\u003e Introduction 9\u003cbr\u003e The Mexican Character \/ Joel Poinsett 11\u003cbr\u003e The Cosmic Race \/ José Vasconcelos 15\u003cbr\u003e The Sons of La Malinche \/ Octavio Paz 20\u003cbr\u003e The Problem of National Culture \/ Guillermo Bonfil Batalla 28\u003cbr\u003e Does It Mean Anything to Be Mexican? \/ Roger Bartra 33\u003cbr\u003e Mexico City 1992 \/ Alma Guillermoprieto 41\u003cbr\u003e Two Ranchera Songs \/ José Alfredo Jiménez and Cuco Sánchez 53\u003cbr\u003e II Ancient Civilizations \u003cbr\u003e Introduction 55\u003cbr\u003e The Origins of the Aztecs \/ Anonymous 57\u003cbr\u003e The Cost of Courage in Aztec Society \/ Inga Clendinnen 61\u003cbr\u003e Popol Vuh \/ Anonymous 79\u003cbr\u003e The Meaning of Maize for the Maya \/ J. Eric Thompson 86\u003cbr\u003e Omens Foretelling the Conquest \/ Anonymous 92\u003cbr\u003e III Conquest and Colony \u003cbr\u003e Inroduction 95\u003cbr\u003e The Spaniards’ Entry into Tenochtitlán \/ Bernal Díaz del Castillo and Hernán Cortés 97\u003cbr\u003e Cortés and Montezuma \/ J.H. Eliott 105\u003cbr\u003e The Battles of Tenochtitlán and Tlateloclo \/ Anonymous 109\u003cbr\u003e The Spiritual Conquest, Fray Jerónimo de Mendieta 114\u003cbr\u003e Why the Indians Are Dying \/ Alonso de Zorita 122\u003cbr\u003e The Colonial Latifundio \/ Enrique Florescano 131\u003cbr\u003e A Baroque Archbishop-Viceroy \/ Irving Leonard 141\u003cbr\u003e On Men's Hypocrisy \/ Sor Juana 156\u003cbr\u003e The Itching Parrot, the Priest, and the Subdelegate \/ José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi 160\u003cbr\u003e IV Trials of the Young Republic \u003cbr\u003e Introduction 169\u003cbr\u003e The Siege of Guanajuato \/ Lucas Alamán 171\u003cbr\u003e Sentiments of the Nation \/ José María Morelos 189\u003cbr\u003e Plan of Iguala \/ Agustín de Iturbide 192\u003cbr\u003e Women and War in Mexico \/ Frances Calderón de la Barca 196\u003cbr\u003e The Glorious Revolution of 1844 \/ Guillermo Prieto 206\u003cbr\u003e Décimas Dedicated to Santa Anna’s Leg \/ Anonymous 213\u003cbr\u003e War and Finance, Mexican Style \/ Juan Bautista Morales 217\u003cbr\u003e A Conservative Procession of Faith \/ The Editors of El Tiempo 220\u003cbr\u003e Considerations Relating to the Political and Social Situation \/ Mariana Otero 226\u003cbr\u003e Liberals and the Land \/ Luis Gonzáles y Gonzáles 239\u003cbr\u003e Standard Plots and Rural Resistance \/ Raymond B. Craib 252\u003cbr\u003e Offer to the Crown to Maximilian \/ Junta of Conservative Notables 263\u003cbr\u003e A Letter from Mexico \/ Empress Carlotta 265\u003cbr\u003e The Triumph of the Republic \/ Benito Juárez 270\u003cbr\u003e Pofirio Díaz Visits Yucatán \/ Channing Arnold and Frederick J. Tabor Frost 273\u003cbr\u003e Scenes from a Lumber Camp \/ B. Traven 279\u003cbr\u003e President Díaz, Hero of the Americas \/ James Creelman 285\u003cbr\u003e Gift of the Skeletons \/ Anonymous 292\u003cbr\u003e Special Section \u003cbr\u003e Mexican History in Photographs \/ John Mraz 297\u003cbr\u003e V Revolution \u003cbr\u003e Introduction 333\u003cbr\u003e Land and Liberty \/ Ricardo Flores Magón 339\u003cbr\u003e The Restoration of the Ejido \/ Luis Cabrera 344\u003cbr\u003e Zapatistas in the Palace \/ Martín Luis Guzmán 351\u003cbr\u003e Mexico Has Been Turned into a Hell \/ William O. Jenkins 357\u003cbr\u003e Pancho Villa \/ John Reed 364\u003cbr\u003e La Punitiva \/ Anonymous 372\u003cbr\u003e Pedro Martinez \/ Oscar Lewis 375\u003cbr\u003e Juan the Chamula \/ Ricardo Pozas 387\u003cbr\u003e The Constitution of 1917: Articles 27 and 123 398\u003cbr\u003e An Agrarian Encounter \/ Rosalie Evans 403\u003cbr\u003e Ode to Cuanhtémoc \/ Carlos Pellicer 406\u003cbr\u003e The Socialist ABC's \/ Anonymous 411\u003cbr\u003e The Ballad of Valentin of the Sierra \/ Anonymous 418\u003cbr\u003e Mexico Must Become a Nation of Institutions and Laws \/ Plutarco Elias Calles 421\u003cbr\u003e The Formation of the Single-Party state \/ Carlos Fuentes 426\u003cbr\u003e The Rough and Tumble Career of Pedro Crespo \/ Gilbert M. Joseph and Allen Wells 428\u003cbr\u003e A Convention in Zacapu \/ Salvador Lemus Fernandez 439\u003cbr\u003e The Agrarian Reform in La Laguna \/ Fernando Benitez 445\u003cbr\u003e The Oil Expropriation \/ Josephus Daniels 452\u003cbr\u003e Cardenas and the Masses \/ Arturo Anguiano 456\u003cbr\u003e VI The Perils of Modernity \u003cbr\u003e Introduction 461\u003cbr\u003e They Gave Us the Land \/ Juan Rulfo 465\u003cbr\u003e Mexico's Crisis \/ Daniel Cosio Villegas 470\u003cbr\u003e Struggles of a Campesino Leader \/ Ruben Jaramillo 482\u003cbr\u003e Art and Corruption \/ David Alfaro Siqueiros 492\u003cbr\u003e The Two faces of Acapulco during the Golden Age \/ Andrew Sackett 500\u003cbr\u003e Mexico \/ Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett 511\u003cbr\u003e The Dark Deeds of \"El Negro\" Durazo \/ José González G. 512\u003cbr\u003e The Sinking City \/ Joel Simon 520\u003cbr\u003e Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl \/ Roberto Vallarino 536\u003cbr\u003e Modesta Gomez \/ Rosario Castellanos 545\u003cbr\u003e VII From the Ruins \u003cbr\u003e Introduction 553\u003cbr\u003e The Student Movement of 1968 \/ Elena Poniatowska 555\u003cbr\u003e El Santo's Strange Career \/ Anne Rubenstein 570\u003cbr\u003e After the Earthquake \/ Victims' Coordinating Council 579\u003cbr\u003e Letters to Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas \/ Anonymous 591\u003cbr\u003e Corazón del Rocanrol \/ Rubén Martínez 598\u003cbr\u003e I Don't Believe Them at All \/ Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio 612\u003cbr\u003e The COCEI of Juchitan, Oaxaca: Two Documents \/ Leopoldo de Gyves de la Cruz and COCEI 619\u003cbr\u003e Women of Juchitan \/ Jeffrey W. Rubin 625\u003cbr\u003e EZLN Demands at the Dialogue Table \/ Zapatista Army of National Liberation 638\u003cbr\u003e The Long Journey from Despair to Hope \/ Subcomandante Marcos 646\u003cbr\u003e A Tzotzil Chronicle \/ Marian Peres Tsu 655\u003cbr\u003e Debtors' Revenge \/ Heather Williams 670\u003cbr\u003e Mexicans Would Not Be Bought, Coerced \/ Wayne A. Cornelius 684\u003cbr\u003e VIII The Border and Beyond \u003cbr\u003e Introduction 687\u003cbr\u003e Plan of San Diego \/ Anonymous 689\u003cbr\u003e The Mexican Connection \/ Rudolfo Acuña 692\u003cbr\u003e The Maquiladoras \/ William Langewiesche 698\u003cbr\u003e Dompe Days \/ Luis Alberto Urrea 708\u003cbr\u003e Pedro P., Coyote \/ Judith Adler Hellman 717\u003cbr\u003e There's a Party Going On in Texas \/ Anonymous 728\u003cbr\u003e Two Poems about Immigrant Life \/ Pat Mora and Gina Valdes 731\u003cbr\u003e The Deadly Harvest of the Sierra Madre \/ Alan Weisman 734\u003cbr\u003e Two Songs about Drug Smuggling \/ Salomé Guitérrez and Paulino Vargas 747\u003cbr\u003e The New World Border \/ Guillermo Gómez-Peña 750\u003cbr\u003e Suggestions for Further Reading 757\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgment of Copyrights 763\u003cbr\u003e Index 773\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406031757655,"sku":"9780822330424","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822330424.jpg?v=1730494307","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mexico-reader-9780822330424","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}