The Political Evolution of the Mexican People

by Justo Sierra

Book Overview

Are the Mexican people the children of Moctezuma or the children of Cort s? This question, long the central problem of Mexican historians, Justo Sierra answered by saying, "The Mexicans are the sons of the two peoples, of the two races ... to this we owe our soul."

Because Sierra recognized the dual parentage, he was able to view his country's history as an evolutionary process. Formed in both the indigenous past and the colonial past, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292700717
• ISBN13: 9780292700710
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"