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A Different View of Mexico Presenter: Carroll Williams. My goal is to introduce you to a different world view held by our neighbors to the south. Every culture possesses social memory: Long term historical memory - a nation’s recorded and shared heritage 2. Short term cultural memory based - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A Different View of Mexico
Presenter: Carroll Williams
My goal is to introduce you to
a different world view held by our
neighbors to the south.
Every culture possesses social memory:
1.Long term historical memory - a nation’s recorded and shared
heritage
2. Short term cultural memory based
upon a person’s life experiences
Some ComparisonsWhen Columbus opened up the Western Hemisphere to Europe in 1492:
What is now the USA held about 600,000 native people scattered in small villages.
Mexico and Central America held about 25 million people and had a number of very large cities with imposing architecture and advanced engineering features.
Mexico today has a culture that grew from a much larger indigenous population than was the case in the USA.
Mexico has a culture that is much older than the USA Olmec culture in Veracruz dates from around 2000 BC
Mayan culture in Yucatan dates from around 2000 BC Zapotec culture in Oaxaca dates from around 500 BC Toltec culture in Hidalgo dates from around 800 AD Aztec culture in Central Mexico dates from around 1300 AD
Aztecs migrated from Aztlan southward
Aztecs lived among the Toltecs and learned from them
Olmec stone head approximately 2500 years old - Veracruz
Mayan culture began in Mexico at approximately the same time the Minoan culture began on the Island of Crete. This Mayan
palace is certainly equal to or superior to the palace at Cnossus on Crete, both of which date from the bronze age.
Mayan architecture is some of the finest in the ancient world.
One of my students from Arapahoe Community College in Colorado. This photo was taken around 1972 during an
expedition to ancient sites in the state of Oaxaca. This is at Mitla which along with Yagul
and Monte Albanin Oaxaca were built by the Zapotec culture around 2,500
years ago.
Carroll Williams atTula in the state of
Hidalgo.
These giant stone warriors once held up the roof of a temple.
The Toltec built this place
In the 9th century AD
Teotihuacan was possibly the largest city on earth in its prime with an estimated population of over 125,000. It was occupied between 100 BC and 250 AD, but was deserted well before the Spanish arrived in 1519. Why it was abandoned remains a mystery.
Mexico’s long term historical memory begins with its Indian roots and continues with its
European chapter
The Spanish Conquest-Discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus 1492 -Line of Demarcation 1492 by Pope Alexander VI -Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 between Portugal and Spain
Hernan Cortes’ Conquest of Mexico in 1522 was accomplished using many Indian allies.
CuauhtémocCuitlahauc
Moctezuma IIHernan CortesIndecisive Heroes of Indian ResistanceIncredibly Bold
Mexican Independence 1810 – 1821Father Miguel Hidalgo and the church at
Dolores
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
called for Independence
the night of Sept. 15/16th
1810 with “El Grito”
The Church at Doloreswhere Father Hidalgo summoned
his parishioners around midnight.
Texas buffer zone 1828 - 1836 Anglo Americans were required to integrate fully as
MexicansAntonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico
Texas War for Independence 1836 over the issue of Federalism vs. Centralism
Antonio López de Santa Anna
known as the Hero of Tampico
for expelling the Spanish in 1829.
In Texas history he is
known as“The butcher of the
Alamo.”
As a captive of the Texas rebels
Santa Anna traveled to Washington.
While on the journey he dined with
General Winfield Scott in a tavern
In Maryland. The two would
later meet In battle during the War with Mexico
1846 – 1848.
War with the USA 1846 – 1848started with a border dispute - Nueces River vs. Rio Grande
In the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848Mexico lost 53% of its territory to the U.S.
1855 Santa Anna was exiled
1857 A New Liberal Constitution adopted for Mexico
1857 – 1861 The War of the Reformled by Benito Pablo Juárez
1862 - 1867 Maximillian von Hapsburgwas sent by Napoleon III to rule Mexico
1862 – 1867 Benito Pablo Juárez carried out a war of national liberation
against Maximillian and his Frenchsupporters.
Juarez' birthday celebration in Alameda
Park in Mexico Cityin 1972, on the
centennialof his death.
President Benito Pablo Juárez
a Zapotec Indian
1806 – 1872
1876 - 1911 Porfirio Diaz ruled as a virtual dictator
Rapid growth with foreign investmentsin mining and transportation but
stagnation and poverty for the common people
1910 to 1921 Mexican Revolutionled to conflict with the United States
A New Constitution in 1917
1914 Tampico Incident and the invasion of Veracruz
by the USA – ordered by President Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Navy Battleship Arkansas took part in the invasion of
Veracruz.
American Sailors manned machine guns in the streets. Many Mexicans were killed in the seizure of Veracruz.
American invasion fleet at Veracruz
Anti-American riots broke out in Mexico
Mexican Revolutionaries exiled in the USA
Propaganda and gun running in support of the Revolution
1916 Pancho Villa burned Columbus NM. President Wilson ordered the
invasion of Mexico by the US Army. The invasion force was commanded by
General John J. Pershing shown on the right
during a meeting under a flag of truce.
With my friend Mrs. Luz Corral
Villathe widow of
Francisco “Pancho” Villaat her home in
Chihuahua, Mexico 1972
The Zimmerman Telegram, January 1917
German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman sent a proposal to the German Ambassador in Mexico inviting
Mexico to make war on the United States.
The message was intercepted by the British who made it public.
Would Mexico have joined with Germany in a war against the U.S.?
Anti-American resentment in Mexico was very high.
Germany carried out
unrestricted submarine
warfare against Britain
In 1917 and feared the U.S
would enter World War I.
1938 Nationalization of the Oil Industry by Pres. Lázaro Cárdenas
over a labor dispute. Pemex was formed, and oil sold to
Italy, Germany, and Japan in the early stages of WW II.
1943 Mexican President Manuel Ávila Camacho and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt settled
the oil dispute. The oil industry was compensated by Mexico and oil was once again sold to the U.S. and its WW II Allies.
Japan threatened to invade Mexico in WW II
Mexico sided with the U.S. against Japan in WW II.
The Mexican Air Force Aztec Eagles flew fighter plane missions in support of U.S.
troops in the Philippines.
U.S. welcomed Mexican farm workers during WWII
Border Industries Program encouragedby USA during the 1960’s and 70’s
Mexico was very protective before NAFTA
- Mexico is an integral part of North American economy - autos - transport - oil
- Mexico is the third largest trading partner of the USA and a net importer
- Massive currency transfers to Mexico from workers in USA and drug traffic
- Mexico Population 112 million - Mexico has 47 million employed- 42% of the total population are working with 5.6% unemployment rate
- US Population 312 million - USA has 140 million employed- 44% of the total population are working with 8.3% unemployment
- Mexico has a GDP of over 1 Trillion Dollars with growth rate of 5.5%
- USA has a GDP of 14 Trillion Dollars with a growth rate of 1.7 %
National Autonomous University of Mexico or UNAM was founded in 1551: 56 years before the first English Colony in North America 85 years before the founding of Harvard in 1636
Mexico had a full century of colonial growth and development before the first Englishman got off the boat on our shores.
Mexico’s Art, Science, Literature, and Music are all on a par with Europe and USA
Most Mexican States have outstanding Universities, Colleges, and Tech Schools
National Polytechnic Institute has over 150,000 students on all campuses
Mexicans remember the Treaty of 1848
and the loss of over half of theircountry to the U.S.A.
They also remember that the U.S.A.
invaded Mexico three times.
Many Mexicans feel they have a moral rightto come to the USA to work.
About a third of the USA is former Mexican territory.
There are an estimated 10 to 20 million undocumented
people in the USA mostly from Latin Americaand most of these are from Mexico.
How we deal with the issue of undocumentedimmigration is yet to be decided.
The U.S. is today for all practical purposesa bi-lingual country.
Palace of Fine Arts to the left, and Tower of the Americas
in downtown Mexico City.
Alondra de la Parra talks about her music and her album “My Mexican Soul.”
UNAM - The National Autonomous University of Mexico with a view of
Volcanoes Iztaccihuatl (the sleeping lady - left) and Popocatepetl (right)
The Annual Mariachi Festival at the Degollado Theaterin Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 2011
For more information visit:conwaypages.com
click on
“Commentary and Essays”
and follow the link to “The Mexican World View”
or click on
“Travel and Adventure”and follow the link to
“Adventures in Mexico”
End - Fin