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For a deeper analysis of the book’s impact, read Fernando Escalante Gonzalbo’s review on Dialnet or Lorenzo Meyer’s analysis of the "endless struggle" between the state and ethnicity.

The transition to a modern republic in the 19th century marginalized these groups. The liberal elite demanded that diverse regions and indigenous peoples conform to a centralist, monocultural archetype. etnia+estado+y+nacion+enrique+florescano+pdf

Under intellectuals like Manuel Gamio and José Vasconcelos, the state promoted indigenismo —a policy that exalted the Aztec and Maya past while attempting to integrate (or dissolve) living indigenous communities through education, agrarian reform, and state-sponsored art (muralism, folkloric dance). Florescano identifies a crucial contradiction: the nation celebrated its pre-Hispanic "ethnic" origins (Cuauhtémoc, Quetzalcóatl) precisely at the moment when the state was implementing policies that accelerated the linguistic and cultural erosion of contemporary ethnic groups. For a deeper analysis of the book’s impact,