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The Pursuit of Ruins: Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico
Contributor(s): Bueno, Christina (Author)
ISBN: 0826357326     ISBN-13: 9780826357328
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
OUR PRICE:   $29.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America - Mexico
- History | Native American
- Social Science | Archaeology
Dewey: 972.01
LCCN: 2015049831
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 280 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mexican
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
 
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Winner of the Michael C. Meyer Award from the Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies

2016-2017 Alfred B. Thomas Award Honorable Mention from the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies

2017 Annual Book Award Honorable Mention from the Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology

Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio D az. Under D az Mexico acquired an official history more firmly rooted in Indian antiquity. This prestigious pedigree served to counter Mexico's image as a backward, peripheral nation. The government claimed symbolic links with the great civilizations of pre-Hispanic times as it hauled statues to the National Museum and reconstructed Teotihuac n. Christina Bueno explores the different facets of the Porfirian archaeological project and underscores the contradictory place of indigenous identity in modern Mexico. While the making of Mexico's official past was thought to bind the nation together, it was an exclusionary process, one that celebrated the civilizations of bygone times while disparaging contemporary Indians.

Contributor Bio(s): Bueno, Christina: - Christina Bueno is an associate professor of Latin American history and Latino-Latin American studies at Northeastern Illinois University.