The Legacy of Mesoamerica History and Culture of a Native American Civilization, 2nd Edition

302 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA interests of the native Mesoamericans, despite the fact that Zapata himself was a mes- tizo and th ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 303 cated the oil fields being exploited by foreign companies (especially U.S. ...

304 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA individual switching from one band to another took place. The upper-class mestizos of Morelos, of ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 305 The Zapatista movement became widely known in Mexico for its nativist char- ...

306 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Box 8.2 Revolution in Oaxaca The Zapatistas of Morelos proved to be the most consistently radical ...

307 Figure 8.6 Augusto Sandino, the Nicaraguan rebel. Courtesy of Bettmann/ Corbis. ...

308 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA broad legitimacy were precipitating factors, along with blatant political meddling by the United S ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 309 latures (the URNG party in Guatemala, FMLN in El Salvador, and FSLN in Nica ...

310 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA cultures, and in the face of weakly developed colonial capitalism they were able to reconstitute t ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 311 the embattled Indians. Ceto went on to take a leadership role in the Commit ...

312 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Box 8.3 Rigoberta Menchú, A Mayan Witness to the Guatemalan Revolution Rigoberta Menchú was born i ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 313 Nicaraguan National Guard was a 7,000-strong army and police force directly ...

314 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Through the mediation of Mexico, Costa Rica, and other countries, the Sandin- istas and Contras fi ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 315 political organization, and ritual. In a surprising development, they inser ...

316 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA Development in Mexico The Mexican revolution, according to Paz, was caused by the lack of developm ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 317 Figure 8.8 Demonstrators confront the Mexican army near the Plaza of Three ...

318 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA indigenist goal was for the Indians to adopt the fundamental ideas and institutions of modern Mexi ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 319 one-third of them identified far more with their traditional communities th ...

320 UNIT 3 MODERN MESOAMERICA acquired local power, becoming “caciques” who promoted their own personal in- terests. The success ...

CHAPTER 8 NATIVE MESOAMERICANS IN THE MODERN ERA 321 cials referred to them as a “poor race that has been dejected and enslaved ...