Directory of History Resources

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Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.asp
In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico and made his way to the Aztec capital. Miguel Leon Portilla, a Mexican anthropologist, gathered accounts by the Aztecs, some of which were written shortly after the conquest. From the Modern History Sourcebook.
Historical Text Archive

http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=21
An online collection of relevant historical texts on Mexico.
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution

http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/mexico/
Photographs from the Getty Research Institute's collections exploring Mexican history and culture though images produced between 1857 and 1923.
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/16045a.htm
1753-1811. Catholic Encyclopedia gives a summary of the life of the priest whose "Grito from Dolores" launched the war for independence.
National Security Archive's Mexico Project

http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/mexico/
US and Mexican government documents relating to the "dirty war", foreign policy, and the role of the military.

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