Floyd Merrell

The Mexicans

A Sense Of Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

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. The Mexicans: A Sense of Culture captures and reveals the intriguing complexities of daily life in Mexico, from its artistic pursuits to its political and economic patterns.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780367318710
• ISBN-10: 0367318717
• Artikelnr.: 57672888

Autorenporträt

Merrell, Floyd

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Learning Language,
Knowing Culture 1
1 Getting it, Between Cultures 7
2 The Importance of Mexico's Past 27
3 This New World, Spanish Style 47
4 Conquest and Colony 65
5 Cultural Hybridity Emerging 75
6 Making Today's Mexico: Criollos,
Independence, and Caudillos 91
7 The Mexican Mind: An Interlude 107
8 Making Today's Mexico: The Nineteenth Century
and the Mexican Revolution 127
9 Problems That Wouldn't Go Away 141
10 Particular Mexican Ways 155
11 Making Today's Mexico: Or, How and
Why Are There Two Mexicos? 175
vi Contents
12 Along the Political Roller Coaster 193
13 And Now: Pre-Postmodern Mexico? 209
14 Flying High or Primed for a Fall? 225
Appendix 239
Glossary 241
Reftrences 251
Index