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by James Michener
About 8 pages (2,521 words)
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Social Concerns

In presenting Mexican history as a series of violent conflicts between various indigenous groups, between Spaniards and Indians, or between various social classes during the Mexican Revolution, Michener conveys the idea that the revolutionary spirit is inherent to Mexican civilization and that revolutionaries from all over the world can assimilate comfortably into Mexican society. For example, the narrator's grandfather Jubal Clay migrated to Mexico from Virginia in 1866 after participating with the losing.....

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Mexico from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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