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Title: The Oxford History of Mexico by Michael C. Meyer, William H. Beezley ISBN: 0-19-511228-8 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Exhaustive Treatment
Comment: The "Oxford History of Mexico" is a well researched multidisciplinary book of history. It is an edited book, meaning that many authors devote their energies to the analysis of a single aspect of the glorious and heartbreaking history of Mexico. Thus, while each topic is well covered, there is some lack of narrative flow. Editor Michael Meyer is the author of another excellent history "The Course of Mexican History" that has a great narrative pace combined with a high level of detail. However, his book has been criticized for slighting the colonial experience. So, I guess with a story as complicated, long and eventful as the history of Mexico, you must sacrifice some narrative flow to provide detail or sacrifice detail to narrative flow.
That quibble aside, this is truly an excellent book. The colonial experience is vividly detailed with sections on the resistance of the Indian to exploitation, the social stratification of the Indian class during the colonial period, and the role of women in society including marriage and childbirth. Further, Santa Anna, an enormously polarizing character comes in for justifiable criticism (Texas, his ideological flip flops and lack of constancy to any of his allies over the years) but also is praised for his bravery and consistent patriotism and opposition to all forms of foreign domination of Mexico.
Finally, the role of ideology in the revolution is explored. While there were socialist overtones to much of the rhetoric that came out of the revolution, pragmatism and Mexicanidad prevail. That is, a truly independent course, truly Mexican, emerges without the ideological straight-jackets worn by other revolutionaries.
A remarkable effort and a recommended read to anyone with a interest in Mexican culture, history and politics.
Rating: 4
Summary: A remainder of México's historical path
Comment: A must-read book to understand México's post-modern conscious. Meyer and Beezley are right when they wrote that a mix of Catholic dogma, medical advances and poverty had been the pillars of México's current population (about 100 million). The analysis on the indigenous matter is brilliant. It's a reminder on how México hasn't solved the indigenous problem even after almost 200 years as an independent country. The authors dissect the socioeconomic web that gave birth to the concept of the modern Mexicano.
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Title: The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers) by G. M. Joseph, Timothy J. Henderson, Gilbert M. Joseph ISBN: 0822330423 Publisher: Duke University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Course of Mexican History by Michael C. Meyer, William L. Sherman, Susan M. Deeds ISBN: 0195148193 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $52.95 |
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Title: Mexico : Biography of Power by Enrique Krauze ISBN: 0060929170 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: A Concise History of Mexico (Cambridge Concise Histories (Paper)) by Brian R. Hamnett ISBN: 0521589169 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance: Public Celebrations and Popular Culture in Mexico (Latin American Silhouettes) by William H. Beezley, Cheryl English Martin, William E. French ISBN: 0842024174 Publisher: SR Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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