These scholars like their past without being blind to the tragedies of Mexico. It is not a whitewash, but Mexicans will find little to disturb their sleep. Even Antonio López de Santa Anna, that womanizing, cock-fighting rascal, emerges less tarnished.
This is largely political history, an attempt by Mexican scholars to assuage Mexico's past of sundry warts. Much of Historia is old hat, although here and there a refreshing nuance appears. And it is well to remember that Mexicans dwell in conservative times. What the book does confirm is the old axiom that every generation writes its history. $10 paper) This survey of Mexico's past claims to be completely new, "sobre todo por su vision mas moderna y mejor fundada" (p. (Mexico City, El Colegio de México, 2004. Review of Books Nueva Historia Mínima de México. Pacific Historical Review University of California Press The reason for the disappearance of Mayan civilization, he points out, is not, as once thought, a mystery but due Historia starts out with a fine survey of ancient Mexico by Pablo Escalante Gonzalbo, who draws his portrait with knowledge and sympathy.
Review of Escalante Gonzalbo, et al., Nueva Historia Míínima de Mééxico Review of Escalante Gonzalbo, et al., Nueva Historia Míínima de Mééxico
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