The Two Faces of Acapulco during the Golden Age

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Praise for the First Edition of The Mexico Reader iii
3. Contents xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. A Note on Style xvii
6. Map of Mexico xviii
7. Introduction 1
8. I The Search for “Lo Mexicano”
9. Introduction 11
10. The Mexican Character 13
11. The Cosmic Race 17
12. The Sons of La Malinche 22
13. The Problem of National Culture 30
14. How to Tame a Wild Tongue 34
15. Mexico City 1992 45
16. Two Ranchera Songs 56
17. II Ancient Civilizations
18. Introduction 59
19. The Origins of the Aztecs 61
20. The Feast of the Flaying of Men 64
21. The Totocalli (Motecuhzoma’s “Zoo”) 69
22. The Meaning of Maize for the Maya 81
23. Omens Foretelling the Conquest 86
24. III Conquest and Colony
25. Introduction 89
26. The Spaniards’ Entry into Tenochtitlán 91
27. Cortés and Montezuma 99
28. The Battles of Tenochtitlán and Tlatelolco 103
29. The Spiritual Conquest 108
30. Why the Indians Are Dying 116
31. A Baroque Archbishop-Viceroy 125
32. On Men’s Hypocrisy 137
33. Whites, Negroes, and Castes 141
34. The Itching Parrot, the Priest, and the Subdelegate 144
35. IV Trials of the Young Republic
36. Introduction 153
37. The Siege of Guanajuato 155
38. Sentiments of the Nation, or Points Outlined by Morelos for the Constitution 166
39. Plan of Iguala 169
40. Women and War in Mexico 173
41. The Glorious Revolution of 1844 182
42. Décimas Dedicated to Santa Anna’s Leg 189
43. A Conservative Profession of Faith 192
44. Considerations relating to the Political and Social Situation of the Mexican Republic in the Year 1847 197
45. Liberals and the Land 209
46. Standard Plots and Rural Resistance 216
47. Offer of the Crown to Maximilian 226
48. A Letter from Mexico 228
49. The Triumph of the Republic, 1867 233
50. Porfirio Díaz Visits Yucatán 236
51. Scenes from a Lumber Camp 241
52. President Díaz, Hero of the Americas 247
53. Gift of the Skeletons 254
54. Special Section
55. What Can Photographs Tell Us about Mexico’s History? 257
56. V Revolution
57. Introduction 277
58. Land and Liberty 279
59. Plan of Ayala 283
60. The Restoration of the Ejido 288
61. Zapatistas in the Palace 295
62. Mexico Has Been Turned into a Hell 300
63. Pancho Villa 306
64. La Punitiva 314
65. Pedro Martínez 317
66. Amelio Robles’s Gender Battles in the Zapatista Army 328
67. Juan the Chamula 338
68. The Constitution of 1917: Articles 27 and 123 348
69. An Agrarian Encounter 353
70. Ode to Cuauhtémoc 356
71. The Socialist ABC’s 361
72. The Ballad of Valentín of the Sierra 367
73. Mexico Must Become a Nation of Institutions and Laws 370
74. The Formation of the Single-Party State 375
75. The Rough-and- Tumble Career of Pedro Crespo 377
76. A Convention in Zacapu 387
77. The Agrarian Reform in La Laguna 393
78. The Oil Expropriation 399
79. VI The Perils of Modernity
80. Introduction 403
81. They Gave Us the Land 407
82. Mexico’s Crisis 412
83. Struggles of a Campesino Leader 423
84. Art and Corruption 433
85. The Two Faces of Acapulco during the Golden Age 440
86. The Dark Deeds of “El Negro” Durazo 448
87. The Sinking City 455
88. Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl: Souls on the Run 467
89. Roma Exposes Mexico’s Darkest Secret 476
90. Modesta Gómez 482
91. La Costa Chica and the Struggles of Mexico’s “Third Root” 490
92. Images of Afro-Mexican Mobilization on the Costa Chica in the 2010s 494
93. VII From the Ruins
94. Introduction 499
95. The Student Movement of 1968 501
96. El Santo’s Strange Career 515
97. After the Earthquake 524
98. Letters to Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas 534
99. Identity Hour, or What Photos Would You Take of the Endless City? (From a Guide to Mexico City) 540
100. The Political Manifesto of the COCEI of Juchitán, Oaxaca 546
101. Women of Juchitán 550
102. EZLN Demands at the Dialogue Table 561
103. A Tzotzil Chronicle of the Zapatista Uprising 569
104. Debtors’ Revenge: The Barzón Movement’s Struggle against Neoliberalism 583
105. VIII The Border and Beyond
106. Introduction 595
107. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 599
108. Plan of San Diego 604
109. The “Wetback Invasion” 607
110. The High Cost of Deportation 616
111. A Honduran Teenager’s Journey across Borders 627
112. Two Poems about Immigrant Life 645
113. The Maquiladora Workers of Juárez Find Their Voice 648
114. Dompe Days 654
115. Two Songs about Drug Smuggling 662
116. “We Are More American” 665
117. IX From the Perfect Dictatorship to an Imperfect Democracy
118. Introduction 667
119. Mexicans Would Not Be Bought, Coerced 679
120. Assessing NAFTA: Before and After 682
121. Ayotzinapa: A Father’s Testimony 687
122. The Narco Who Died Twice 694
123. AMLO on Corruption 702
124. The Promise and Peril of López Obrador 708
125. Traditional Medicine in Modern Mexico and the Challenge of COVID-19 718
126. Should I Die Abroad, Bring Me Back to Mexico 733
127. Suggestions for Further Reading 737
128. Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources 747
129. Index 757