Creation of Modern Societies

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Introduction:

Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico mainly describes the population and culture of Mexico, along with the changing lifestyles and the modernization that took place during the era of President Porfirio Diaz. Mexico is basically described as a country where major shift in lifestyle and overall societal changes took place, and the country was then able to over its ethnic and cultural differences. After the civil war, the country succeeded in designing methods to bring about these changes and resulted in the creation of modern societies, which lacked all of the clauses that had le to Mexican civil war in 1910- 1920.

The steps taken for the formation of these modern societies and the process followed for their creation, as described by William, H. Beezley, is described in the following paragraphs.

Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico by William H. Beezley:

Beezley is known for writing about the cultural history of Mexico, combined with life style and the ways of living of people at that time. He is professor of history at the University of Arizona, and co-director of the Oaxaca Summer institute in Modern Mexican History, and is known for his pioneering writings about the cultural history of Mexico. Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes is one of the most famous book regarding cultural history of Mexico, and the major source of fame for Beezley .

Judan at the Jockey Club mainly with the era of President Porfirio Diaz, who rules from 1876- 1911. The period is characterized by the dictatorship of Diaz and civil war also broke during his tenure, after which major changes and reforms occurred in Mexico, which not only contributed in modernization of the society but also bought about a number of cultural and ethnic changes. During this era, Mexico moved from being a close to an open society and moved towards modernization. However, Beezley believes that in order to move towards modernization, Mexico had to be more open to change, and Mexicans at that time were not much open to such changes. Beezley goes on describing that Mexican societies at that time had special domination of the religious authorities and most of the population was based in rural areas (Beezley, 2004).

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