Book description
A Companion to Mexican History and Culture
features 40 essays contributed by international scholars that
incorporate ethnic, gender, environmental, and cultural studies to
reveal a richer portrait of the Mexican experience, from the earliest
peoples to the present.
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Features the latest scholarship on Mexican history and culture
by an array of international scholars
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Essays are separated into sections on the four major
chronological eras
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Discusses recent historical interpretations with critical
historiographical sources, and is enriched by cultural analysis,
ethnic and gender studies, and visual evidence
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The first volume to incorporate a discussion of popular music
in political analysis
William H. Beezley
is Professor of History at the University of Arizona, co-Director of
the Oaxaca Cultural Institute, and Visiting Distinguished Professor at
El Colegio de Mexico. He is the author or editor of 20 volumes on Mexico
and Latin America, including
Judas at the Jockey Club and Other
Episodes of Porfirian Mexico, second edition
(2004),
Mexican National Identity: Memory, Insinuation, and Popular Culture
(2008), and
Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946
(2008).
