Cinco de Mayo: Yesterday and Today

by Maria Cristina Urrutia and Rebeca Orozco

Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) is one of the most celebrated days in the Mexican calendar, but its history and significance are not often fully understood. In the mid-19th century, Mexico was in crisis. The French emperor Napoleon III, using the pretext that Mexico was not paying off its debt to European powers, decided to invade and annex it. One of the decisive battles in Mexico's defeat of the French occurred on the fifth of May. Consequently,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888994842
• ISBN13: 9780888994844
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.8" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher