Archaeology, History, and the Making of Modern Mexico
by
Christina Bueno
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Famous for its majestic ruins, Mexico has gone to great lengths to preserve and display the remains of its pre-Hispanic past. The Pursuit of Ruins argues that the government effort to take control of the ancient remains took off in the late nineteenth century during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz....