Mï¿½xico Profundo Reclaiming a Civilization

Name: Mï¿½xico Profundo Reclaiming a Civilization
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ISBN: 9780292708433

ISBN-10: 0292708432

ISBN-13: 9780292708433

Edition: 1996

Authors: Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, Philip A. Dennis

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This translation of a major work in Mexican anthropology argues that Mesoamerican civilization is an ongoing and undeniable force in contemporary Mexican life. For Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, the remaining Indian communities, the "de-Indianized" rural mestizo communities, and vast sectors of the poor urban population constitute the Meacute;xico profundo . Their lives and ways of understanding the world continue to be rooted in Mesoamerican civilization. An ancient agricultural complex provides their food supply, and work is understood as a way of maintaining a harmonious relationship with the natural world. Health is related to human conduct, and community service is often part of each…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 8/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Guillermo Bonfil Batalla (1935-1991) was one of Mexico's most notable anthropologists.



Translator's Foreword


Preface to the Second Edition


Introduction



A Civilization Denied



A Land of Millenarian Civilization



The Indian Recognized



De-Indianizing That Which Is Indian



How We Came to Be Where We Are



The Problem of National Culture



The Colonial Order



Forging a Nation



Our (Revolutionized) Modern Times



The Paths of Indian Survival



The National Program and the Civilizational Project



The Nation We Have Today



Civilization and Alternatives


References Cited


Bibliographic Appendix


Index