Video: Mexico in World History
A video featuring author William Beezley as he discusses Mexican history and how it has shaped the modern world.
This video from the Library of Congress features author and historian William H. Beezley as he discusses the role of Mexico in global history. Beezley specifically explores the impact of Spain’s conquest of the Aztec Empire, its colonization of Mexico, Mexican independence, and the Mexican-American War on the politics and philosophy of the Old World and larger Americas. He also goes into some detail about the formation, packaging, and dissemination of a broad Mexican culture, including through somewhat unconventional artwork depicting calendar girls.
This video is well worth the watch if you are curious about the beginning’s of Mexico’s national identity, as well as the ripple effects this important nation has had on the rest of the world.
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