Abstract
From about 2000 BC the people of Ancient Mexico began to settle in villages and to cultivate maize and other crops. From about 1000 BC the main cultures included the Olmec on the Gulf Coast, the Maya in the Yucatán peninsula and modern day Chiapas, the Zapotecs and Mixtecs in Oaxaca the Tarascans in Michoacán, and the Toltecs in central Mexico. One of the largest and most powerful cities in ancient Mexico was Teotihuacán, which in the 6th century AD was one of the six most populous cities in the world.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Further Reading
Aspe, P., Economic Transformation: the Mexican Way. Cambridge (MA), 1993
Bartra, R., Agrarian Structure and Political Power in Mexico. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1993
Bethell, L. (ed.) Mexico since Independence. CUP, 199
Camp, R. A., Politics in Mexico. 2nd ed. OUP, 1996
Hamnett, Brian R., A Concise History of Mexico. CUP, 1999
Krauze, E., Mexico, Biography of Power: A History of Modern Mexico, 1810–1996. London, 1997
Philip, G. (ed.) The Presidency in Mexican Politics. London, 1991
—Mexico. [Bibliography] 2nd ed. ABC-Clio, Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1993
Rodriguez, J. E., The Evolution of the Mexican Political System. New York, 1993
Ruiz, R. E., Triumphs and Tragedy: a History of the Mexican People. New York, 1992
Turner, Barry (ed.) Latin America Profiled. Macmillan, London, 200
Whiting, V. R., The Political Economy of Foreign Investment in Mexico: Nationalism, Liberalism, Constraints on Choice. Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1992
Editor information
Copyright information
© 2004 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Turner, B. (2004). Mexico. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2005. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271333_218
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271333_218
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-4039-1481-1
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-27133-3
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)