World History
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution - Photographs from the Getty Research Institute's collections exploring Mexican history and culture through images produced between 1857 and 1923.
This is a well done site. As an American, I must admit that my knowledge of Mexican history is limited. I know the basics but I just do not know a lot. I know much more about European history than I do of our neighbors in North America. I am sure I am not alone in this. This site has certainly helped me get a better picture of Mexican history.
From the site:
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution is a Web resource that draws upon the collection of the Getty Research Institute and extends the two-part exhibition held at the Institute between October 2000 and May 2001. Reproduced in the digital resource are cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, albums, postcards and other forms of photography. The Photographers represented are either Mexican or European or North American. The work of some thirty known photographers is shown, alongside that of many others who remain anonymous. Together they provide a chronicle of Mexico from approximately 1857 to 1923, a chronicle explored in the History and Chronology sections of the resource. The terrain across which this history played out may be explored in the Maps section. The animated introduction gives a sampling of the events and lives documented by the photographs included in this Web site, including images of the railways, bridges, roads, buildings and monuments that became the fabric of the country, and portraits of Mexico?s leaders and ordinary people, all of whom played a part in the unfolding story.
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I found this fun short article at ezinearticles.com. As the site allows for the reproduction of articles by blogs and other websites, I am going to go ahead and reprint it here. The author of the article is Beth Gabriel. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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World History
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution - Photographs from the Getty Research Institute's collections exploring Mexican history and culture through images produced between 1857 and 1923.
This is a well done site. As an American, I must admit that my knowledge of Mexican history is limited. I know the basics but I just do not know a lot. I know much more about European history than I do of our neighbors in North America. I am sure I am not alone in this. This site has certainly helped me get a better picture of Mexican history.
From the site:
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution is a Web resource that draws upon the collection of the Getty Research Institute and extends the two-part exhibition held at the Institute between October 2000 and May 2001. Reproduced in the digital resource are cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite, albums, postcards and other forms of photography. The Photographers represented are either Mexican or European or North American. The work of some thirty known photographers is shown, alongside that of many others who remain anonymous. Together they provide a chronicle of Mexico from approximately 1857 to 1923, a chronicle explored in the History and Chronology sections of the resource. The terrain across which this history played out may be explored in the Maps section. The animated introduction gives a sampling of the events and lives documented by the photographs included in this Web site, including images of the railways, bridges, roads, buildings and monuments that became the fabric of the country, and portraits of Mexico?s leaders and ordinary people, all of whom played a part in the unfolding story.
- Mexican Flag Celebrating Mexican Sovereignty
I found this fun short article at ezinearticles.com. As the site allows for the reproduction of articles by blogs and other websites, I am going to go ahead and reprint it here. The author of the article is Beth Gabriel. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
- Cinco De Mayo: The Battle Of Pueblo
Cinco de Mayo: The Battle of Pueblo. Happy Cinco de Mayo to you! If you celebrate this Mexican holiday, I hope you have time to enjoy a margarita or two. Cinco de Mayo remembers the Mexican victory over France on May 5th, 1862 at the Battle of Pueblo....
- History Of Mexico
History of Mexio. This essay features a history of the North American nation of Mexico. It uses information from both the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia and US State Department Background Notes. Wikipedia notes, "The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish:...
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- Official Home Page Of The Texas Navy
Official Home Page of the Texas Navy Historical information and pictures of the three Texas Navies - the first two fighting in Texas' war with Mexico, the third being a modern association. From the site: In 1836 when Texas proclaimed its Independence...