Mexican Revolution

In the article “The Day of the Dead: How Death Became a National symbol” Stephen T. Woodman discusses death within Mexico and how it became an important symbol in Mexican culture. Woodman discusses the four main reasons as to why death is such and important symbol in the Mexican culture. The first of four reasons Woodman shares is based on religious beliefs of pre-Conquest Mexico. This is when the Aztecs made human sacrifices for the Gods in order for the earth to be born and to maintain the…

second-generation Mexican American who has defied odds in the eyes of many people. How so? Compared to other races, Mexican Americans have been the least educated in the United States. An exuberant 47.3 percent of Mexican Americans compared to the 23 percent of African Americans, 15.2 percent of Asians, and 13.7 percent of Caucasians did not graduate high school in 2008. The statistics are overwhelming. The alarming distinction has caused scholars and policy makers to doubt if Mexican Americans…

Federico Villalba's Texas: A Mexican Pioneer's Life in the Big Bend is a biography and autobiography about Federico Villalba’s different milestones throughout his life. It also focuses on the lives of his children and wife. The author Juan Manuel Casas brings blissful births, weddings, and family gatherings but, it also touches sadness of illness and loss of life. The book starts off when he is a young man and decides to move away from San Geronimo, Chihuahua in the 1880s. He wanted to start his…

Alameda Park” being painted from 1946-47. “Emiliano Zapata’s aim was to bring about agrarian reform and freedom to the poor and working class citizens. But how successful/how lasting was the influence of Zapata and/or agrarian reform on both the Mexican Revolution and present day Mexico. Both the murals I chose convey the same message but in different forms for instance “Liberation of the Peon” describes the conditions for the poor/ lower class citizens. Through both the imagery of what looks to…

My father is a 49-year-old Mexican American that experienced the true definition of the American dream. Being born in Florida in October 18th 1967, my father was named Hector Lopez Noyola. My father also states the struggles of his father named Jose Carmen Noyola Gonzalez. Hector was born into a very difficult world at the time. The United States was having a war with Vietnam. My father stated that the war had in impact in his education as a kid. Hector stated that the school taught him a very…

rise of genetically modified corn, Jeffrey M. Pilcher covers many topics in his book Planet Taco. The book is primarily on the multinational adaptation and globalization of Mexican food, especially tacos. Americans have molded the traditional Mexican cuisine to one where it would be more appealing to American taste buds. Mexicans, in turn, seek to keep its culinary uniqueness as a landmark for national identity. This is an account of the indigenous taco versus the Americanized taco (authenticity…

program. “In the analysis of the causes of the Mexican peso crisis - and of its depth - consensus is emerging around a variety of factors. These include the large scale of the current account deficit, which had reached almost 8% of GDP in 1993 and 1994, as well as the fact that an important part of this deficit” (Stephany Griffith-Jones The United Nations University WIDER (World Institute for Development Economics Research) Causes and Lessons of the Mexican Peso Crisis. May 1997. Working…

Foundation Mexican Americans have a substantial history. There are some components of economical, political and social history of Mexican Americans. First, there are many economical events and factors that have been apart of Mexican American’s history. For instance, The Great Depression had a tremendous effect on Mexican Americans. In the time of the Great Depression, many businesses, farms, and factories went out of business. Because of this, many people lost their jobs, including many Mexican…

These independence movements had a focus specifically on local issues which created issues in future years. “The revolts had started not as a revolution but as a protest in the mold of colonial uprisings- aimed not at independence or the overturning of the colonial regime, but at righting local wrongs, replacing abusive local officials, and reducing taxes and other unpopular governmental demands” (page 174). However, this is not what ended up happening and grievances overall were not addressed…

photograph depicts how famous Trotsky was at the time. This international fame led Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, prominent Mexican artists and members of the Communist Party, to be willing to help with accommodating Trotsky. This fame meant that although the Soviet Union’s propaganda war slandered his name, he still was respected by some members of the Communist party. This respect from Mexican communists is a contrast to the viewpoint demonstrated in J.T. Murphy’s The Errors of…