SuitabookSpirit of a nation
Colleen Madonna Flood Williams
- Reading
- Read it in sections, pausing at each named civilisation or population group to distinguish what the book says about history from what it says about life in Mexico today.
- Themes
- Historical survey: The survey covers the Olmec, Maya, Toltec and Aztec civilisations, then examines the arrival of Spanish conquistadores and the subsequent period of rule. The book covers the Olmec, Maya, Toltec and Aztec civilisations, followed by Spanish conquest and centuries of rule.
- People and life today: The contents name mestizos, criollos, mulattos and Indigenous Mexicans, and include a chapter on life in Mexico today. The book includes demographic and cultural information about people in Mexico today.
- Worth knowing
- The historical account includes Spanish conquest and three centuries of rule, alongside chapters naming Indigenous Mexicans and other population groups; these topics may invite care with historical context and terminology.