The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)

I particularly enjoyed reading and further learning about Mexican culture and tradition. It touches on subjects, that I as a Mexican born, but U.S. educated, had not learned about. It was a fabulous introductory history book and analysis on Mexican history. This is one of those books from college I know I will keep in my personal library collection for years to come. It begins with our indigenous roots and touches into various cultural beliefs and customs and explains them in a manner that made everything "click". Truly recommend this book if you are searching for a precise yet interesting read on mexican culture and history!

Different and refreshing approach to Mexican history. Insightful and informative selections from both well known and more obscure original sources. Sections are brief and on point. Excellent bedside book. Outstanding as a stand alone work and valuable as a reference to more complete treatment of subjects you find particularly interesting. Balanced and objective. Best work on Mexico I've read in quite some time.

I purchased Mexico Reader as a textbook for my Chicano History classes, and found myself so into it that I read it all ( vs. only several parts needed for class). Very interesting recollections and/or opinions of historians on the events of Mexican history. Just the story about Aztecs and their culture worth buying it. I had a certain opinion (like we all do), but after reading it I know it was baseless and I didn't know dang about it... It is way more complicated that most of the people seem to think. Some of the articles include actual historical pieces and can be a bit tedious for a modern reader to swallow, but majority of the content is very well-thought-of and composed of interesting and captivating features. If you interested in Chicano studies, I would highly recommend this book - it talks about a lot of nuances (like soldaderas for example) that are usually overlooked in regular books on the subject. It has some sort of spirit to it that let you not just read it as a book, but actually makes you understand what people felt as they were going through events of Mexican history.

If I had known this book before I could have helped my students a lot better than I did. Why do I like this book so much? Because it is a very wise selection of a very wide variety of texts about Mexican history and culture. It is a great anthology that will give its readers a very good picture of Mexican Culture. The authors chosen are excellent. If you are a student or a teacher of Mexican Culture, this is a book you should read. Moreover, for those of you that only want to reach the Medieval ideal: Mixing learning and enjoyment, this is also a book for you. Dr. Rafael Furlong De la G. (PhD Litt.)

Mexico's history in bite size chunks, and with plent of meat. Cannot recommend this book too higly. Nearly 800 pages containing close to 100 essays and excerpts, all carefully chosen and very readable, cover Mexico's history from the bad old heart-ripping-out days through the machinations of modern politics. While this kind of book can so often be dry and mind-numbing, this collection is fresh and fascinating, partly because of the varying viewpoints and writing style of the many authors.

I love this reader! it has a great mix of primary and secondary sources. One of my favorite things about it is that the selections are long enough to really give a sense of source. Often in these readers they sacrifice length and so each document is stunted. This is an imposing looking book- but provides a great overview of Mexican History.

This is a fantastic book. Everyone should read it. You really get the history of Mexico through first person accounts and literature of the time period. It's really well put together (just very heavy).

The print is very small. Very small, with those pages that sort of show the print from the other side of the page. Not a reading experience I would recommend. However the book itself is excellent.