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From Philip's Encyclopedia
The United Mexican States is the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. It is largely mountainous. The Sierra Madre Occidental begins in the NW state of Chihuahua , and runs parallel to Mexico's W coast and the Sierra Madre Oriental. Monterrey lies in the foothills of the latter. Between the two ranges lies the Mexican Plateau. The southern part of the plateau contains a series of extinct volcanoes, rising to the 5,700m [18,701ft] Orizaba. The southern highlands of the Sierra Madre del Sur include the archaeological sites in Oaxaca . Mexico contains two large peninsulas: the Baja California in the NW; and the Yucatán peninsula in the SE. Climate Mexico's climate is hugely varied according to altitude. Most rain occurs between June and September. More than 70% of Mexico experiences desert or semi-desert conditions. History One of the earliest Native American civilizations was that of the Olmec (800-400 BC). The Maya flourished between ad 300 and 900. The Toltec Empire ruled between…
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From New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965
People of Mexican origin occupy a unique status in contemporary American society: they are among the newest and oldest of ethnic groups within the U.S. The roots of permanent settlement by people of Spanish and Mexican origin in what is now New Mexico dates back nearly 400 years, to the founding of…
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
As America's neighbor to the south, Mexico's interests have been closely aligned with the United States for most of the 20th century. Into the 2000s, this alignment has also included Mexico's intelligence efforts. According to Ricardo Sandoval, writing in the Dallas Morning News in 2003 on Mexican…
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The colourful land of Mexico was once home to the golden civilizations of the Maya and Aztecs. These ancient empires were destroyed by the Spanish, who invaded in the 1500s and ruled the country until its independence in 1821. Descendants of the native peoples still live in Mexico, but most people…
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From Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World
The country of Mexico became a haven for blacks who escaped from slavery in the American South. The first known case involved nine enslaved Africans who went to Mexico, taking with them horses and ammunition, from Natchitoches, Louisiana, in 1803. Blacks who were slaves—and some who were formerly…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Mexico
The United Mexican States is the world's largest Spanish-speaking country. It is largely mountainous. The Sierra Madre Occidental begins in the NW state of Chihuahua , and runs parallel to Mexico's W coast and the Sierra Madre Oriental. Monterrey lies in the foothills of the latter. Between the two…
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History Mexican cinema has always been responsive to popular demand. Early audiences flocked to see silent reels featuring actual footage of revolutionary folk hero Pancho Villa; then, in the 1940s, the industry flourished by producing melodramas starring Dolores del Rio and comedies starring the…
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From The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis in Mexico is necessarily a transcultural product. Freud’s name first appeared in print here in 1922, in an essay written by the physician José Torres Orozco, who read Freud in German. By 1923 a small amount of Freud’s work had been circulated. (At that time Mexico had 15 million…
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From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Given that Mexico and the United States share a common border and yet are vastly different in terms of political and social traditions, religion, and economic development, it was perhaps inevitable that Mexico would become a major battleground topic in America's culture wars. The dominant issue…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 116,220,947 ROMAN CATHOLIC 82.7 percent PROTESTANT 7.9 percent OTHER RELIGIONS 2 percent NONRELIGIOUS 7.4 percent Introduction A primarily Roman Catholic nation, the United States of Mexico, located in North America, lies between the United States of America to the north and Guatemala and…
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From Encyclopedia of Free Blacks and People of Color in the Americas
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The geography of Mexico varies widely from region to region. Before the Spaniards arrived in the early 16th century, there were a wide variety of native cultures. The central-northern region, including modern Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico, was populated by nomadic tribes who ranged across the…
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