Mexico and Related Sites
These links are for the student, researcher or scholar of American/Spanish history.
AncientMexico.com
Vast information on ancient Mexico.
Chieftains of Mexican Independence
This interesting web site by the University of Calgary explains, via tutorial, European Exploration including the explorations performed by the peoples of Spain.
Hispanic Reading Room
This division of the Library of Congress contains "the world's finest collection on the history and culture of Latin America, Iberia and the Caribbean."
Emiliano Zapata
Non-academic site with information on Emiliano Zapata.
La Frontera Vieja - Spanish America
Information concerning Mexican Independence from the Houston Culture Organization.
Invasión Yanqui: The Mexican War (Yankee Invasion)
This resource from the Texas Council for the Humanities Resource Center contains information concerning Texas around the time of Mexican Independence.
LANIC
A resource from the University of Texas-Austin. "LANIC's mission is to facilitate access to Internet-based information to, from or on Latin America. Our target audience includes people living in Latin America, as well as those around the world who have an interest in this region."
LatinFocus
"Through its content and web guide, the LatinFocus web site enables executives and research analysts alike to find the latest available data from government sources, economic forecasts, market analysis covering economic performance, political risk assessments and financial market developments."
Mexico as Muse
Early 20th-century photographs and information from two artists, Tina Modotti and Edward Weston. This interactive program includes film footage of Modotti and Weston, an interview with art historian Patricia Albers and dozens of photographs and archival documents.
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution
This web resource is based on two consecutive exhibitions at the Getty Research Institute in late 2000 and early 2001. The current site presents nineteenth-century photographs suggestive of the romance and the reality of European imperial dreams in Mexico. Images of failed French attempts to establish an empire in Mexico in the 1860s are juxtaposed with images of the ruins of ancient empires. Material that will appear in the Summer of 2001 will document Mexico's emergence as a modern, industrialized nation over the latter half of the nineteenth century, culminating in the tumultuous decade-long revolution that began in 1910.
MexOnline
This site contains much information on Mexico, including the Revolution.
PAN (Partido Acción Nacional) Web Site
Official site of PAN, in Spanish.
Political Elites in Mexico, 1900-1971
Information on the political elites of Mexico. Demographic data compiled by the University of Wisconsin.
TSHA Online
This is part of the University of Texas Online. This portion contains information concerning Texas around the time of Mexican Independence. Includes art, essays and more.
General History Sites |
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These are general history resources not limited to Mexico but may be of use in performing research in this area.
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy
From the Yale Law School. The Avalon Project includes digital copies of primary documents relating to the fields of law, history, economics, diplomacy and more.
Historical Documents
Selected historical documents and speeches pertaining to civics, democracy, human rights, tolerance and freedom, from around the world.
The History Net
Includes guides to a variety of areas in history and several hundred full-text articles from history journals.
International Sites |
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These sources will help you to find background, statistical and legal information on a country.
CIA World Factbook
The CIA World Factbook provides information about countries worldwide, including international disputes, literacy rates, land area and much more. Also includes maps.
Constitutions, treaties and declarations
A wide array of documents, arranged by country and by topic.
Foreign Government Resources on the Web
A well-organized and searchable meta-site leading to information about foreign countries, including government web sites, country background, laws, treaties, etc., embassies, news, statistics and international agencies.
Migration Information Source
Great source for migration information from the Migration Policy Institute.
Political Database of the Americas
Statistical information concerning the Americas from Georgetown University.
Portals to the World: Selected Internet Resources - Mexico
Search or browse information on Mexico, from the Library of Congress's well-known print publications.
Archives and Documents |
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These sites contain electronic copies of primary documents.
CIVNET Resources
This site includes American and foreign documents, speeches and more on a variety of topics from the 1700s to present.
Historical Text Archive
This site, covering much of human history, provides access to a wide variety of historical documents, with original material, links to other sites and electronic reprints of books. It is organized by geography/nations and topics, and is searchable.
History of Spain - Primary Documents
This site includes transcripts, facsimiles and translations of key points in the history of Spain. Most are primary documents.
Relaciones Geográficas
This site contains, "documents with dates ranging from 1578 to 1586 and serve as primary sources of information about the Spanish conquest of Middle America."
Smithsonian Expeditions: 150 Years of Smithsonian Research
This site contains a multitude of information concerning expeditions to and from Latin American and the Caribbean over the last 150 years.
World History Archives
This site provides links to sites and documents arranged by subject or continent.
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