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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Porfiriato"”.
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A Community of Modern Nations: The Mexican Herald at the Height of the Porfiriato 1895-1910.
<p>The <em>Mexican Herald</em>, an English language newspaper in Mexico City during the authoritative rule of Porfirio Díaz (1895-1910), sought to introduce a vision of Mexico's development that would influence how Mexicans conceived of their country's political and cultural place within a …
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Civilizing the Prehispanic: Neo-Prehispanic Imagery and Constructions of Nationhood in Porfirian Mexico (1876-1910)
This work looks at the artistic production of the Porfiriato (1876-1910) with particular attention to the representation of prehispanic cultures and their incorporation into an official historiography. Whilst highlighting the growing popularity of prehispanic and conquest themes, during the last …
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An introduction to the piano music of Manuel M. Ponce
… review of the events surrounding the age of Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution will demonstrate how these events shaped Ponce’s life and work. Second, an overview of important biographical information will shed light on Ponce’s background and illustrate how his work changed Mexico’s …
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Columbus, New Mexico, and Palomas, Chihuahua: Transnational Landscapes of Violence, 1888-1930
… to destabilize the Mexican state during the Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution. Raids on the Palomas customs house were, at least in part, responses to the drive of the Mexican government under Porfirio Díaz to create modern progress and order in Mexico. For many inhabitants of rural …
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Human rights and social injustice in Nadie me vera llorar's Mexico of 1880-1930.
Through her acclaimed novel, Nadie me vera llorar, Cristina Rivera Garza, prolific Mexican author, and feminist literary icon, explores the conflicted history of vanilla as it is intimately intertwined with the history of Mexico and its people. This thesis offers a deep dive into the history of …