History of Mexico

Mexico is a vast country with rich history, complex terrain, and a deep devotion to the Catholic religion and its traditions. Merriam-Webster defines culture as “the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; the characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time” (2017). Mexican culture is defined by their significant military conflicts, social structures, religion, celebrations, food, music, art, and forms of dance. Mexico is located in the southern part of North America. It is almost three times the size of Texas with an area of 1,964,375 sq. km. (The World Factbook: Mexico, 2017). Mexico borders the United States…

The space rockets of their time, the “iron horse” revolutionized the way the world functioned and operated. The railroad and the locomotives that ran on them made the world a more connected place with faster and more efficient travel times and prompted the development of a whole new economy. In New Mexico, the railroad played a crucial role in the development of the area and its future. The railroad played one of the largest roles in the history of New Mexico because of the conflict spurred by…

HISTORY AND OUTCOME In 1846 near a border traced by a river, two neighbors went to war. The fighting between the United States and Mexico, began near the Rio Grande and raged deep into the heart of the Mexican nation. From the shores of the pacific to the Gulf Coast of Veracruz. Mexico’s regular Army was three times as large as that of the United States, but the ranks where filled with inexperienced troops. The American troops near the border where commanded by a 61 year old named General…

An eraser of a groups significance in historical context allows for such group to be marginalized because it belittles their importance and make them appear inferior. Veracruz, Mexico is a center in which slave trade occurred on a daily basis at the height of the slave trade in Mexico. Due to the fact that many indigenous individuals passed away due to diseases brought over to the Americas by Europeans. This made the demand for slaves go up in order to replace the workforce lost due to death by…

The most popular dancers in Morelos, Mexico are Los Chinelos. Their movements and costumes have captivated their audiences for many years. The live brass band that usually follows them during their performance, like the chinelos, is also a staple of Mexican pride and culture. The image and dance of Los Chinelos has spread to other states in Morelos and has even crossed the borders of Mexico into the United States. Los Chinelos have come to represent the national and regional identity of the…

Melanie Cervantes. This year exhibit included artists – some I was already familiar with – such as New York-based photographers Remy Amezcua and Dulce Pinzón; multi-media/mixed-media artists Carmen Argote, Cristina Velásquez, Linda Vallejo, and Yvonne Escalante; muralists Juana Alicia and Wayne Alaniz Healy; Bay Area printmaker Melanie Cervantes; glass artist Jaime Guerrero, Yvonne Escalante, Crystal Galindo, Jaime Guerrero, Wayne Alaniz Healy, Ester Hernandez, Lisa Iglesias, John Jota Leaños,…

Cinco de Mayo, known as the fifth of May in English, commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867), but a false misconception present in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day. The Battle of Puebla (May 5, 1862) occurred because Mexico did not possess the ability to allocate funding to pay back war debts to European nations, therefore, Britain, Spain, sent their naval forces to Veracruz to…

situation. To accomplish this, we will use Mexico and its quest to achieve nationalism and establish Mexicanidad. In Mexico’s quest for nationalism, and the drive to characterize Mexicanidad,…

Friedrich Katz, born in Vienna, Austria as a young child he had to flee his native land to seek refuge with his family in the United States, later moving into Mexico. It was through his rough childhood that he was influenced by the Mexican culture. He earned his doctorate degree the University of Vienna. He is known to be a great scholar of Mexican history for his time, it was he who placed a new platform on the Aztec civilization, his book The Ancient American Civilizations, details…

Hogan-Stark Olive Professor Brian Larkin History 121 15 October 2014 God(s)speed The validity of the statement, “The Aztec and Incan Empires grew so large and so rapidly primarily because of religion,” can be strongly supported. It is seen why with knowledge of the Aztec and Incan’s collective statistics on their size and collective histories of the importance of religious practices in their cultures. Religion was a fundamental part of their lives (Malpass, 101). It deserves the most credit for…