Mexico : Battle for North America /
As hard as the struggle for freedom from Spain was, the first decades of autonomy were perhaps even more difficult for Mexico. Their hard-won victory was seemingly squandered in a vicious cycle of war and tyranny embodied by Santa Ana, the flamboyant general who gave away Texas in exchange for his l...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2012], ©1999.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | As hard as the struggle for freedom from Spain was, the first decades of autonomy were perhaps even more difficult for Mexico. Their hard-won victory was seemingly squandered in a vicious cycle of war and tyranny embodied by Santa Ana, the flamboyant general who gave away Texas in exchange for his life. This program chronicles the waves of fighting that rocked the fledgling nation, from the "Pastry War" with France to the Mexican-American War. |
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| Item Description: | Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Title from distributor's description. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (44 min.) : sound, color, digital file |
| Audience: | 7 & up. |