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The Pursuit of Ruins. Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico.
Christina Bueno
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Hardback. Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz. Series: Dialogos Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; HDD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. Under Díaz Mexico acquired an official history more firmly rooted in Indian antiquity. This prestigious pedigree served to counter Mexico's image as a backward, peripheral nation. The government claimed symbolic links with the great civilizations of pre-Hispanic times as it hauled statues to the National Museum and reconstructed Teotihuacàn. Christina ... Read more
Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. Under Díaz Mexico acquired an official history more firmly rooted in Indian antiquity. This prestigious pedigree served to counter Mexico's image as a backward, peripheral nation. The government claimed symbolic links with the great civilizations of pre-Hispanic times as it hauled statues to the National Museum and reconstructed Teotihuacàn. Christina ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Dialogos Series
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826357311
SKU
V9780826357311
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About Christina Bueno
Christina Bueno is an associate professor of Latin American history and Latino-Latin American studies at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.
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