south by southwest
1. Title : South by Southwest : The Mexican-American and His Heritage2. Author : John Tebbel and Ramon E. Ruiz3. Publisher : Zenith Books and Doubleday & Company Copyright 19695. The setting of this story covers an immense number of years of conquering and colonization in the Southwest areas we now know as California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. It begins in the early 15 and 1600's, in a time when many important Spaniards, such as Juan Bautista de Anza (in 1775 he led the longest overland migration of a colony in North American history before Oregon), were moving into the Southwest in search of gold, silver, bread, and jobs. It also talks about the Indians, who were already living in the area we now know as Mexico, that did not get along real well with the Spaniards(Anglos) when they came in to invade their land. The two main Indian tribes of that time were the Mayas(a peaceful people who were interested in science, invented a calendar to grow maize, and were later believed to be wiped out by a great natural catastrophe), and the Aztecs(a powerful bloodthi
The main characters were more groups than anything: the Spaniards, the Mexicans, the Indians, and the Anglos, however, there were some important ones' within the groups to be mentioned. Next it went on to the 1800's and early 1900's, when Mexico decided to fight the Spaniards for their independence. They share such a long border that they need to maintain a peaceful border, otherwise many problems can occur. For a while Mexico was in chaos, but with the help of many leaders,(Benito Juarez, Porfirio Diaz, and Lazaro Cardenas to name a few) they were able to start making laws and bring Mexico to become a modern society, free from slavery and dictatorship. Due to the cruel and ruthless Spanish rule, a new social system was set up where the Spanish-born whites were the rulers, the Mexican-born whites were the aristocracy, and the Indians lived lives of poverty and slavery. It began with the Spaniards and the Indians(Aztecs) fighting over the Valley of Anahuac. It was full of history that was not taught to me before, and I really enjoyed learning about the history of the Mexican American. Now, like the rest of the world, Mexico is developing into an urban area with cities that are modern and spreading out in many directions. I would recommend this book to many of my friends and relatives. I have many Mexican American relatives that are very interested in all I am learning in this class, and whenever I find a good book, they are all very eager to learn about it. I believe the theme of this story to be that although Mexico and the United States had very different histories, they have grown together. These are: Cortez(the leader of the Spaniards when fighting the Aztecs), Moctezuma(the leader of the Aztecs), Padre Miguel Hidalgo, Jose Maria Morelos, and D.
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