ANT 322M Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mexican Americans, Stellar Population, Hacienda
3 Mar 2017
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Aguirre beltran conducted many studies on the indigenous population in. Mexico (communities that retained their tribal structure: he developed refuge zones areas where the tribal structure continued, he influenced our author, guillermo bonfil batalla argued that the book influenced mexicans to value their. He believed it was about those mexicans who valued mesoamerican ancestry: when you look at mexican people you must consider their culture and their. Batalla said he believes mexican people are predominately mestizo but the indigenous culture is much more influential. You have to consider the geography of the nation. In some parts, there were much more spaniards while in other areas there were few spaniards and. Mestizos: he examines what is a mestizo and what is an indian. These are people who live in countryside and farmers. This class basically no longer exists but in the 80s about 40 percent of the population was this.
