Mark Pedelty is Associate Professor on the faculty of the General College at the University of Minnesota.

"This is a charming and engrossing account of the history of largely popular street (and public face-to-face) music in Mexico City and surrounding regions from pre-conquest to the dawn of the twenty-first century ... done with a great deal of style and flair." Patricia Seed, Professor of History, Rice University

• Acknowledgments1. IntroductionPart I. The Mexica: 1325-15212. TenochtitlÁn: 1325-15213. Mesoamerican ResonancePart II. New Spain: 1521-18214. Colonial Mexico: 1521-18215. Colonial ResonancePart III. The New Nation: 1821-1910 6. The First Century of Independence: 1821-19107. Nineteenth-Century ResonancePart IV. The Revolution: 1910-19218. Revolutionary Mexico: 1910-19219. Revolutionary ResonancePart V. Modern Mexico: 1921-196810. Bolero and DanzÓn during the Postrevolutionary Era11. Bolero and DanzÓn Today12. Classical Nationalism during the Postrevolutionary Era13. Classical Nationalism Today14. Ranchera during the Postrevolutionary Era and at Mid-Century15. Ranchera TodayPart VI. Contemporary Mexico: 1968-200216. Popular Music Today17. ConclusionAppendix 1. Theory and MethodologyAppendix 2. TimelineAppendix 3. DiscographyBibliographyIndex

Mark Pedelty is Associate Professor on the faculty of the General College at the University of Minnesota.

"This is a charming and engrossing account of the history of largely popular street (and public face-to-face) music in Mexico City and surrounding regions from pre-conquest to the dawn of the twenty-first century ... done with a great deal of style and flair." Patricia Seed, Professor of History, Rice University

• Acknowledgments1. IntroductionPart I. The Mexica: 1325-15212. TenochtitlÁn: 1325-15213. Mesoamerican ResonancePart II. New Spain: 1521-18214. Colonial Mexico: 1521-18215. Colonial ResonancePart III. The New Nation: 1821-1910 6. The First Century of Independence: 1821-19107. Nineteenth-Century ResonancePart IV. The Revolution: 1910-19218. Revolutionary Mexico: 1910-19219. Revolutionary ResonancePart V. Modern Mexico: 1921-196810. Bolero and DanzÓn during the Postrevolutionary Era11. Bolero and DanzÓn Today12. Classical Nationalism during the Postrevolutionary Era13. Classical Nationalism Today14. Ranchera during the Postrevolutionary Era and at Mid-Century15. Ranchera TodayPart VI. Contemporary Mexico: 1968-200216. Popular Music Today17. ConclusionAppendix 1. Theory and MethodologyAppendix 2. TimelineAppendix 3. DiscographyBibliographyIndex

Mark Pedelty is Associate Professor on the faculty of the General College at the University of Minnesota.

"This is a charming and engrossing account of the history of largely popular street (and public face-to-face) music in Mexico City and surrounding regions from pre-conquest to the dawn of the twenty-first century ... done with a great deal of style and flair." Patricia Seed, Professor of History, Rice University

• Acknowledgments1. IntroductionPart I. The Mexica: 1325-15212. TenochtitlÁn: 1325-15213. Mesoamerican ResonancePart II. New Spain: 1521-18214. Colonial Mexico: 1521-18215. Colonial ResonancePart III. The New Nation: 1821-1910 6. The First Century of Independence: 1821-19107. Nineteenth-Century ResonancePart IV. The Revolution: 1910-19218. Revolutionary Mexico: 1910-19219. Revolutionary ResonancePart V. Modern Mexico: 1921-196810. Bolero and DanzÓn during the Postrevolutionary Era11. Bolero and DanzÓn Today12. Classical Nationalism during the Postrevolutionary Era13. Classical Nationalism Today14. Ranchera during the Postrevolutionary Era and at Mid-Century15. Ranchera TodayPart VI. Contemporary Mexico: 1968-200216. Popular Music Today17. ConclusionAppendix 1. Theory and MethodologyAppendix 2. TimelineAppendix 3. DiscographyBibliographyIndex