CANCUN: A DESTINATION ANALYSIS
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This 25-page paper is a destination location analysis of Cancun, in Mexico. The paper includes a detailed analysis of existing structures and facilities, as well as assets available for development. The paper also touches on the liabilities of the region. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MTcancun.rtf

Carlos Fuentes', "Old Gringo":
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This 5 page paper provides an analysis of this poignant book. Furthermore, this paper examines the cultural plight of the Mexicans and their struggles in coming to America. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: GSOldgri.rtf

Carrasco/Religions of Mesoamerica
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A 6 page research paper that addresses David Carrasco's book Religions of Mesoamerica. The writer looks at how the author describes and uses the framework of worldmaking, worldcentering and worldrenewing to explain Mesoamerican religious practice. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmeso.rtf

Caudillo
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A 5 page paper which discusses the age of caudillo in Latin American History. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAcaudill.wps

Changes In Women's Roles Under Mexican Colonialism
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A 4 page paper discussing how the roles of women changed as Mexico moved into its colonial period in the early 18th century. Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, Mexico's society was one of informal polygamy and all worked for the good of the group to which they belonged. Soon after the arrival of the Christians, however, women had been assigned all the duties of maintaining home and family and were married to men who had absolute mental and legal control over them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MexWome2.wps

Chihuahua Cathedral
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A twelve page paper which looks at the history and architecture of the cathedral at Chihuahua and the ways in which it reflects the spiritual and cultural life of the community which it serves, both historically and in the present day. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: JLchihuahua.wps

China, Mexico, and Nigeria -- Education and Change
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This 10 page report discusses the numerous influences that have determined what education will be and how it will develop in these three countries. Each has had the experience of Western imperialism and each have reacted to it in different ways in terms of education. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWmexed.wps

Cisneros: The House on Mango Street
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(5 pp) The House on Mango Street (1989) is a deceptive work. It is a book of short stories-and sometimes not even full stories, but character sketches and vignettes-that add up, as Sandra Cisneros has written, "to tell one big story, each story contributing to the whole-like beads in a necklace." Conversations and the physical structures (Zuercher ppg) in this book of short stories, relate the economy, the culture, and the physical conditions of the neighborhood. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BBmangoS.doc

Cisneros: The House on Mango Street.
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(5 pp) The House on Mango Street (1989) is a deceptive work. It is a book of short stories-and sometimes not even full stories, but character sketches and vignettes-that add up, as Sandra Cisneros has written, "to tell one big story, each story contributing to the whole-like beads in a necklace." Conversations and the physical structures in this book of short works, tell the story of the economy, the culture, and the physical conditions of the neighborhood. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BBmngoSR.doc