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The Forging of the Cosmic Race - A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico (Paperback, Expanded Ed)
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The Forging of the Cosmic Race - A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico (Paperback, Expanded Ed)
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"The Forging of the Cosmic Race" challenges the widely held notion
that Mexico's colonial period is the source of many of that
country's ills. The authors contend that New Spain was neither
feudal nor pre-capitalists as some Neo-Marxist authors have argued.
Instead they advance two central themes: that only in New Spain did
a true mestizo society emerge, integrating Indians, Europeans,
Africans, and Asians into a unique cultural mix; and that colonial
Mexico forged a complex, balanced, and integrated economy that
transformed the area into the most important and dynamic part of
the Spanish empire. The revisionist view is based on a careful
examination of all the recent research done on colonial Mexican
history. The study begins with a discussion of the area's rich
pre-Columbian heritage. It traces the merging of two great cultural
traditions - the Meso-american and the European - which occurred as
a consequence of the Spanish conquest. The authors analyze the
evolution of a new mestizo society through an examination of the
colony's institutions, economy, and social organization. The role
of women and of the family receive particular attention because
they were critical to the development of colonial Mexico. The work
concludes with an analysis of the 18th century reforms and the
process of independence which ended the history of the most
successful colony in the Western hemisphere. The role of silver
mining emerges as a major factor of Mexico's great socio-economic
achievement. The rich silver mines served as an engine of economic
growth that stimulated agricultural expansion, pastoral activities,
commerce, and manufacturing. The destruction of the silver mines
during the wars of Independence was perhaps the most important
factor in Mexico's prolonged 19th century economic decline. Without
the great wealth from silver mining, economic recovery proved
extremely difficult in the post-independence period. These reverses
at the end of the colonial epoch are important in understanding why
Mexicans came to view the era as a 'burden' to be overcome rather
than as a formative period upon which to build a new nation.
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