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This Rich Anthology Provides A Glimpse Of Modern Mexico Through The Eyes Of Foreign Observers. Some Of These Selections Are By Well-known Authors (alexander Von Humboldt, John Reed, B. Traven, Evelyn Waugh). Some Are Unpublished Pieces By Little-known Writers, And Six Are Available Here For The First Time In English. The Writings Fall Into Four Periods: The Transitions To Independence And Mexico's First Decades As A Sovereign Country (1800-1867), The Era Of Liberal Modernization (1867-1910), The Mexican Revolution (1910-1940), And The Post-world War Ii Era. Four Major Topics Show Up Repeatedly: Ethnicity, Gender, And Race; Cultural Differences Between Mexicans And Foreigners; Political Stability And Instability; And The Economy And Its Impact On Mexicans. Although Observers Expressed A Wide Range Of View-points On These Issues, They Agreed In Finding A Stunning Degree Of Ethnic And Regional Diversity As Well As What They Saw As Stark Contrasts Between Urban And Rural, Rich And Poor, Modernity And Tradition. In Addition To Anglo-american Authors, The Anthology Includes Selections By German, French, Norwegian, And Spanish Authors. Just Over A Third Of The Pieces Are By Women, Who Off

Author

and translated by Jürgen Buchenau

Publisher

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780826323132

Subjects

History, Travel, Language Learning