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Many scholars assert that Mexico’s complex racial hierarchy, inherited from Spanish colonialism, became obsolete by the turn of the nineteenth century as class-based distinctions became more prominent and a largely mestizo population emerged. But the residues of the colonial caste system did not simply dissolve after Mexico gained independence. Rather, Ana Sabau argues, ever-present fears of racial uprising among elites and authorities led to persistent governmental techniques and ideologies designed to separate and control people based on their perceived racial status, as well as to the implementation of projects for development in fringe areas of the country. Riot and Rebellion in Mexico traces this race-based narrative through three historical flashpoints: the Bajío riots, the Haitian Revolution, and the Yucatan’s caste war. Sabau shows how rebellions were treated as racially motivated events rather than political acts and how the racialization of popular and indigenous sectors coincided with the construction of “whiteness” in Mexico. Drawing on diverse primary sources, Sabau demonstrates how the race war paradigm was mobilized in foreign and domestic affairs and reveals the foundations of a racial state and racially stratified society that persist today.

Insurgency --- Equality --- Elite (Social sciences) --- Political aspects --- History. --- Philosophy --- Attitudes --- Mexico --- Race relations --- History of Mexico, Mexican history, mestizo, mestizo studies and racism, Mestizo identity, caste system, caste system in mexico, Bajio riots, Haitian Revolution, Yucatan Politics.

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Latin America is home to emerging global powers such as Brazil and Mexico and has important links to other titans including China, India, and Africa. Global Latin America examines a range of historical events and cultural forms in Latin America that continue to influence peoples' lives far outside the region. Its innovative essays, interviews, and stories focus on insights from public intellectuals, political leaders, artists, academics, and activists from the region, allowing students to gain an appreciation of the global relevance of Latin America in the twenty-first century.

Regionalism --- Globalization --- Latin America --- Foreign relations. --- Social conditions. --- 21st century. --- academics. --- activists. --- artists. --- brazil. --- brazilian history. --- global economy. --- global history. --- global power. --- global trade. --- historical. --- international history. --- international. --- latin america. --- latin american history. --- latin american. --- latinx. --- mexican history. --- mexico. --- political leaders. --- politics. --- regional history. --- regional.

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This definitive biography offers a new critical assessment of the life, works, and ideas of Herbert E. Bolton (1870-1953), a leading historian of the American West, Mexico, and Latin America. Bolton, a famous pupil of Frederick Jackson Turner, formulated a concept-the borderlands-that is a foundation of historical studies today. His research took him not only to the archives and libraries of Mexico but out on the trails blazed by Spanish soldiers and missionaries during the colonial era. Bolton helped establish the reputation of the University of California and the Bancroft Library in the eyes of the world and was influential among historians during his lifetime, but interest in his ideas waned after his death. Now, more than a century after Bolton began to investigate the Mexican archives, Albert L. Hurtado explores his life against the backdrop of the cultural and political controversies of his day.

Historians --- Bolton, Herbert Eugene, --- Mexican-American Border Region --- United States --- Historiography. --- Territorial expansion --- 19th century history. --- 20th century history. --- american borderlands history. --- american history. --- american west. --- bancroft library. --- biographical. --- book club reads. --- books for history lovers. --- discussion books. --- distraction for kids. --- easy to read. --- engaging. --- european history. --- herbert bolton. --- historiography. --- history. --- informative books. --- latin america. --- learning while reading. --- leisure reads. --- mexican history. --- mexico. --- page turner. --- political controversies. --- quarantine books. --- united states history. --- university of california.

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Though Luis Buñuel, one of the most important filmmakers of the twentieth century, spent his most productive years as a director in Mexico, film histories and criticism invariably pay little attention to his work during this period. The only book-length English-language study of Buñuel's Mexican films, this book is the first to explore a significant but neglected area of this filmmaker's distinguished career and thus to fill a gap in our appreciation and understanding of both Buñuel's achievement and the history of Mexican film. Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz considers Buñuel's Mexican films-made between 1947 and 1965-within the context of a national and nationalist film industry, comparing the filmmaker's employment of styles, genres, character types, themes, and techniques to those most characteristic of Mexican cinema. In this study Buñuel's films emerge as a link between the Classical Mexican cinema of the 1930's through the 1950's and the "new" Cinema of the 1960's, flourishing in a time of crisis for the national film industry and introducing some of the stylistic and conceptual changes that would revitalize Mexican cinema.

Motion pictures --- Buñuel, Luis, --- Buñuel, Louis, --- Buñuel Portolés, Luis, --- Portolés, Luis Buñuel, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Buñuel, Luis --- Portolés, Luis Buñuel --- Portolés, Luics Buñuel, --- auteur. --- bunueliana. --- cabaretera. --- cinema. --- cultural studies. --- director. --- el. --- ensayo de un crimen. --- family melodrama. --- film criticism. --- film genre. --- film history. --- film industry. --- film theory. --- film. --- filmmaking. --- gran casino. --- hispanic studies. --- hispanic. --- latin america. --- latino. --- los olvidados. --- luis bunuel. --- mexican cinema. --- mexican film. --- mexican history. --- mexico. --- national identity. --- nationalism. --- performance. --- performing arts. --- political film. --- politics. --- satire. --- social commentary. --- subida al cielo. --- surrealism. --- susana. --- una mujer sin amor.

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This groundbreaking study marks the culmination of over twenty years of research by one of this country's most prominent Mexico scholars. Roderic Ai Camp provides a detailed, comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite-their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often overlooked role mentoring plays in their rise to the top. In the course of this book, he traces the careers of approximately four hundred of the country's most notable politicians, military officers, clergy, intellectuals, and capitalists. Thoroughly researched and drawn from in-depth interviews with some of Mexico's most powerful players, Mexico's Mandarins provides insight into the machinations of Mexican leadership and an important glimpse into the country's future as it steps onto the global stage.

Elite (Social sciences) --- Mentoring --- Leadership --- Social networks --- Elites (Social sciences) --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social classes --- Social groups --- Mentorship --- Counseling --- Ability --- Command of troops --- Followership --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Social stratification --- Economic sociology --- anno 2000-2009 --- Mexico --- 21st century. --- anthropology. --- capitalists. --- career. --- clergy. --- contemporary mexico. --- cultural social. --- economists. --- elite class. --- globalization. --- influential people. --- intellectuals. --- latin american studies. --- mandarins. --- mexican history. --- mexican leaders. --- mexican society. --- mexico scholars. --- mexico. --- military officers. --- modern history. --- nonfiction study. --- nonfiction. --- personal interviews. --- political power. --- politicians. --- power elite. --- retrospective. --- social climb. --- societal influences. --- textbooks. --- upper class.