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Series Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1: Geography 1
Overview 1
Baja Peninsula 3
Beaches 4
Borders 6
Cities 7
Climate 9
Geology: Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes 10
Isthmus of Tehuantepec 13
Political Geography 14
Pollution 15
Sonoran Desert 16
Waterways 18
Yucatán Peninsula 20
Chapter 2: History 21
Overview 21
Timeline 24
Contact and Conquest 30
Independence 33
Lázaro Cárdenas and the Nationalization of Mexican Petroleum 36
The Mexican Miracle 38
The Mexican Revolution 39
NAFTA and the Zapatista Rebellion 41
The 1988 Presidential Election 42
1968: The Olympics and the Tlatelolco Massacre 44
19th-Century Nation-Building 46
Porfirio Díaz and the Porfiriato 49
Post-PRI Mexico 51
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