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Accordion Dreams
A film produced and directed by Hector Galan, narrated by Tish Hinojosa
"The arrival of the European button accordion to Texas and its merging with traditional Mexican songs gave birth to an explosive new sound... ACCORDION DREAMS captures this exhilarating musical style featuring yesterday's and today's squeezebox trailblazers."
Sections include: All About Conjunto ; Pioneers/Innovators and Today ; Cultures of Music and Dance ; Amazing Accordion ; Timeline ; Fun Facts & Terms ; About the Film.
- PBS Online

Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations
The primary groups addressed are the Maya, Mixtec, Zapotec, and Aztec. Topics include Writing Systems, Governments, and Religions.
Kevin L. Callahan, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Minnesota

George Washington University - The National Security Archive

• The Mexico Project
  "Since 1994, and intensively since 2000, the National Security Archive's Mexico Project has sought to identify and obtain the release of documents from secret government archives on United States policy in Mexico since 1960, and to disseminate those records through publications, conferences and the Archive's web site."
  • Official Report Released on Mexico's "Dirty War"
    Government Acknowledges Responsibility for Massacres, Torture, Disappearances and Genocide
    Report by the Office of Special Prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo Prieto.
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 209, November 2006.
  • Report Documents 18 Years of "Dirty War" in Mexico
    "Special Prosecutor: State Responsible for Hundreds of Killings, Disappearances" in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
    Posted February 2006, Updated June 2006.
  • The Blind Man and the Elephant: Reporting on the Mexican Military
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 120, April 2004.
    Edited by Kate Doyle.
  • Prelude to Disaster: José López Portillo and the Crash of 1976
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 115.
    Edited by Kate Doyle, March 2004.
  • Rebellion in Chiapas and the Mexican Military
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 109.
    Edited by Kate Doyle, January 2004.
    "The Spanish-language version of this article was the cover story of the December 28, 2003, edition of Mexico's Proceso magazine.
  • Operation Intercept: The Perils of Unilateralism (April 2003)
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 74.
    By Kate Doyle
    "This new Electronic Briefing Book on Operation Intercept -- the Nixon government's unilateral attempt in 1969 to halt the flow of drugs from Mexico into the United States -- is the second to appear based on a collaboration between Proceso magazine and the National Security Archive and launched on March 2, 2003."
  • Trading Democracy? (February 2002)
    Documents from NAFTA's Secret Tribunals
    Compiled by Public Affairs Television and Washington Media Associates for "Bill Moyers Reports" produced by Sherry Jones and broadcast 5 February 2002 on PBS
    "...internal documents from the NAFTA secret tribunals that were obtained by the Moyers team, led by producer Sherry Jones. The documents consist of legal briefs, witness statements, and actual rulings from two of the three cases that are explored in tonightís broadcast."
    National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 65
    Edited by Thomas Blanton and Michael L. Evans

H-Mexico
History of Mexico academic discussion list from H-Net

Historical Text Archive - Mexico
By Don Mabry

Instituto de Investigaciones HistÛricas-UNAM - (dead link)
Includes El Instituto en im·genes, Lista de discusiÛn, histÛricas, Sitios de interÈs
Maintained by Miriam C. Izquierdo

Mexican Revolution 1910-1940 Principal Figures
From class website by Harry VÈlez, QuiÒones, University of Puget Sound

The Mexican-American War Memorial Homepage

Mexico: From Empire to Revolution
Getty Research Institute

Museo de Historia Natural de la Ciudad de Mexico - (dead link)

[Orozco] Reconstructing The Orozco Murals
"Among the great works of Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) are the powerful murals at Dartmouth College, Pomona College, and New School University. Beginning with a collection of photographs we have created a single distortion-free image mosaic of these murals. Combining these mosaics with a 3-D computer model, allows users an immersive, albeit virtual, experience of these beautiful works of art."
By Hany Farid, Computer Science Dept., Dartmouth College.

Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - Mexico Maps
University of Texas, Austin

Resources on Aztec and Maya Law
Compiled by Mike Widener, Archivist/Rare Books Librarian, Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin

Teotihuacan - The City of the Gods
"We have created this site to offer the general public and experts around the world access to information about this ancient city. It consists of introductory pages, recent excavation reports and academic journals. In addition, we provide links to other Mesoamerican sites."
Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (February 2, 1848)
Treaty Mexico - United States

The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)
Two Nations, One Border - The War that Transformed Them Forever.
"Welcome to the online companion resource for the documentary, 'The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848).' ... 'The U.S.-Mexican War' Web Site is a thoughtful study in the way humans access, process, agree and disagree in the search for truth as it chronicles the war through multiple perspectives from both sides of the conflict ... Within this site, you will find a series of conversations with and essays by historians and other experts. We also offer a timeline that illustrates war-related events and a discussion arena where we invite you to share your own viewpoints on the U.S.-Mexican War."
PBS Online

UTEP MECHA's 1910
Includes Revolucion Picture Archive, Mesta' Corridodos Mexicanos, and Revolucion Planes and Constitutions

Zapatistas! Documents of the New Mexican Revolution
"...contains the full, English language text of every communique published (along with several that were not published, as well as many interviews, letters, and essays) from the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) from December 31, 1994 through June 12, 1994."