A Companion to Mexican History and Culture

Beezley, William H. (Editor)

Blackwell Companions to World History

1. Edition March 2011
696 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-9057-2

John Wiley & Sons

Short Description

A Companion to Mexican History and Culture features 40 carefully chosen essays that focus on new approaches to Mexican history. Essays by a variety of international scholars serve to broaden accounts of the Mexican experience through the incorporation of ethnic, gender, environmental, and cultural studies. The readings in the Companion reflect the important new trends in the study of history that have led to a more sensitive narrative and revealing portrait of Mexico's dramatic and complex past and rich cultural traditions.

Further versions

A Companion to Mexican History and Culture features 40 essays contributed by international scholars that incorporate ethnic, gender, environmental, and cultural studies to reveal a richer portrait of the Mexican experience, from the earliest peoples to the present.
* Features the latest scholarship on Mexican history and culture by an array of international scholars
* Essays are separated into sections on the four major chronological eras
* Discusses recent historical interpretations with critical historiographical sources, and is enriched by cultural analysis, ethnic and gender studies, and visual evidence
* The first volume to incorporate a discussion of popular music in political analysis

Introduction: The Dimensions of the Mexican Experience

Part I: The Mexican Experience

Part II: The Indigenous World Before the Europeans

Part III: The Silver Heart of the Spanish Empire: Colonial Experiences

Part IV: Two Centuries of Independence: The Republican Century

Part V: Two Centuries of Independence: The Revolutionary Century

Index

William H. Beezley is Professor of History at the University of Arizona, co-Director of the Oaxaca Cultural Institute, and Visiting Distinguished Professor at El Colegio de Mexico. He is the author or editor of 20 volumes on Mexico and Latin America, including Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico, second edition (2004), Mexican National Identity: Memory, Insinuation, and Popular Culture (2008), and Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946 (2008).

W. H. Beezley, University of Arizona, USA