Among the many Mexican pasts that subsist today, the history of our Indians has been the most profound, the most complex, and also the most painful. The proud symbol of a modern nation, a pre-Hispanic past, and its mythical ...See moreAmong the many Mexican pasts that subsist today, the history of our Indians has been the most profound, the most complex, and also the most painful. The proud symbol of a modern nation, a pre-Hispanic past, and its mythical figures-Moctezuma, Cuauhtemoc- has set off fiery debates throughout the centuries, no less fierce than the tragic condition of Indians today. Over the course of four hundred years, what have our most notable historians and writers thought about the glory and fall of Mexico-Tenochtitlan? What polemics have the endless agony of its descendants sustained? The drama of the Conquest and its aftermath are not confined to the past: even today they gravitate over Mexico and Mexicans alike. Written by
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