The Complaint of Mexico


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The Complaint of Mexico


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The Complaint of Mexico


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The Complaint of Mexico


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Excerpt from The Complaint of Mexico: And Conspiracy Against Liberty The following pages, written in the summer of 1842, to expose the dishonest policy of the Government of the United States, in its intercourse with Mexico, and to develope the nefarious plot of the South, to annex Texas to the United States, for the extension and perpetuation of Slavery, will have accomplished the utmost desire of their author, should they in any wise contribute to produce better national counsels, and to frustrate that conspiracy of ambition, avarice, and tyranny which is so earnest and impatient to circumvent the Free States. After long delay, not needful to account for, they are now published, in consequence of recent public notices, given in different parts of the country, and coming from high and credible sources of information, that the conspiracy against liberty is to be consummated at the approaching session of Congress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Crafting Mexico


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After Mexico’s revolution of 1910–1920, intellectuals sought to forge a unified cultural nation out of the country’s diverse populace. Their efforts resulted in an “ethnicized” interpretation of Mexicanness that intentionally incorporated elements of folk and indigenous culture. In this rich history, Rick A. López explains how thinkers and artists, including the anthropologist Manuel Gamio, the composer Carlos Chávez, the educator Moisés Sáenz, the painter Diego Rivera, and many less-known figures, formulated and promoted a notion of nationhood in which previously denigrated vernacular arts—dance, music, and handicrafts such as textiles, basketry, ceramics, wooden toys, and ritual masks—came to be seen as symbolic of Mexico’s modernity and national distinctiveness. López examines how the nationalist project intersected with transnational intellectual and artistic currents, as well as how it was adapted in rural communities. He provides an in-depth account of artisanal practices in the village of Olinalá, located in the mountainous southern state of Guerrero. Since the 1920s, Olinalá has been renowned for its lacquered boxes and gourds, which have been considered to be among the “most Mexican” of the nation’s arts. Crafting Mexico illuminates the role of cultural politics and visual production in Mexico’s transformation from a regionally and culturally fragmented country into a modern nation-state with an inclusive and compelling national identity.