Dr. Jürgen Buchenau's Mexican Mosaic

Mexican Mosaic tells the history of Mexico from the Spanish conquest in 1519 to the mid-2000s. The Author, Dr. Jürgen Buchenau, demonstrates Mexico’s position in the global community, the negotiations of power that happened within Mexico, and the social environment in Mexico. Mexican Mosaic is like many other history books in that it presents many. Buchenau differentiates himself from others by his analysis of events in Mexican history that are unclear and events in the modern political sphere of Mexico. In other words, he provides readers with his opinion and facts necessary to evaluate his opinion and for the reader to create their own. While Buchenau does an excellent job analyzing certain events objectively, he presents other opinions by stating them as fact and not giving the information that would oppose his opinions. …show more content…
Buchenau explains that president Obregón was shot by a, “fanatical Catholic.” While most historians have accepted this theory, there are other popular theories regarding the Obregón’s death. While it could have been easy to ignore other theories, Buchenau presents one. He says that it was believed that Obregón was assassinated by Morones, Obregón’s labor secretary. He then claims that there are no documents that verify the theory. Since historians largely agree that Morones was innocent of the crime, it is fair for Buchenau to say that there is no proof of Morones’ guilt. By presenting the theory, Buchenau provides a wider view of history. Even though he later disproved the theory, the reader gets multiple points of view on the event and a clear explanation for why the theory is wrong. Thus Buchenau presented the event objectively and fairly for the reader to be properly