Research Catalog

Title

Mexico : biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996 / Enrique Krauze ; translated by Hank Heifetz.

Author

Krauze, Enrique

Publication

New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1998, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Heifetz, Hank

Description

xix, 872 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 24 cm.

Summary

Shows how history becomes biography and the integral role of Mexico's leaders in the events of the nineteenth century, explores the seven presidents of the revolutionary era of 1910-1940, and examines the nation's modern presidency.

Subject

• Since 1810
• Mexico > History > 1810-
• Mexico > Politics and government > 1810-

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [799]-854) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

INTRODUCTION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: The centenary fiestas -- The grito -- The paseo and the city -- Revolution -- I: THE WEIGHT OF THE PAST: The children of Cuauhtémoc -- The legacy of Cortés -- The mestizo family -- The Spanish crown -- The mother church -- II: CENTURY OF CAUDILLOS: The insurgent priests -- The collapse of the creoles -- The Indian shepherd and the Austrian Archduke -- The triumph of the mestizo -- III: REVOLUTION: Francisco I. Madero: the apostle of democracy -- Emiliano Zapata: the born anarchist -- Francisco Villa: between angel and iron -- Venustiano Carranza: nationalism and the Constitution -- Alvaro Obregón: death and the general -- Plutarco Elías Calles: reform from the roots -- Lázaro Cárdenas: the missiionary general -- IV: THE MODERN STATE: Manuel Ávila Camacho: the gentleman president -- Miguel Alemán: the businessman president and the system -- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines: the administrator -- Adolfo López Mateos: the orator -- Gustavo Díaz Ordaz: the advocate of order -- V: PAST AND FUTURE: THE DECLINE OF THE SYSTEM: The preacher -- The gambler -- Lost opportunities -- The man who would be king -- The theater of history.

ISBN

0060929170 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 39488953
• SCSB-10290071

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library