Cultura y naturaleza en la montaña cantábrica

El autor examina las descripciones del emblema fundacional de Tenochtitlan, antecedente del Escudo Nacional, que se encuentran explícitas en las fuentes prehispánicas y en documentación indígena e hispana producida en el periodo colonial. Se indaga cuándo, por qué y en qué circunstancias pudo haberse creado ese símbolo. Se rastrea, asimismo, el itinerario que el emblema del águila y la serpiente siguió durante la Colonia hasta su instauración definitiva como símbolo del actual Estado nacional.

Este libro nos adentra en un recorrido por el pasado del pueblo maya y las dificultades con las que se ha encontrado a lo largo de la historia, pese a las cuales ha logrado conservar una gran parte de su cultura. La autora ha estudiado los diferentes procesos políticos en los que este pueblo se ha visto involucrado y las estrategias que ha desarrollado para hacer frente a las injusticias que se le han presentado, tales como el arrebato de sus tierras para cultivo y los abusos de las compañías henequeneras, que en siglos anteriores tuvieron una relevancia colosal, en especial en territorio...

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