Research Catalog

Title

Mexico's crucial century, 1810-1910 : an introduction / Colin MacLachlan & William H. Beezley.

Author

MacLachlan, Colin M.

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2010.

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Additional Authors

Beezley, William H.

Description

x, 280 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.

Summary

• "After Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, it began the work of forging its identity as an independent nation, a process that would endure throughout the crucial nineteenth century. A weakened Mexico faced American territorial ambitions and economic pressure, and the U.S.-Mexican War threatened the fledgling nation's survival. In 1876 Porfirio Díaz became president of Mexico, bringing political stability to the troubled nation. Although Díaz initiated long-delayed economic development and laid the foundation of modern Mexico, his government was an oligarchy created at the expense of most Mexicans.
• This accessible account guides the reader through a pivotal time in Mexican history, including such critical episodes as the reign of Santa Anna, the U.S.-Mexican War, and the Porfiriato. Colin M. MacLachlan and William H. Beezley recount how the century between Mexico's independence and the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution had a lasting impact on the course of the nation's history."--Pub. desc.

Series Statement

The Mexican experience

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Mexico > History > 19th century
• Mexico > Politics and government > 19th century

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : the national trauma -- Spain and its empire in crisis -- Santa Anna's era -- Liberalism, reform, and Napoleon III -- The restored republic -- Constructing the Porfiriato -- The socioeconomic pyramid -- Soft diplomacy -- Fatal vulnerabilities -- Conclusion : a crucial century assessed.

ISBN

• 9780803228443 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0803228449 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2009051621

OCLC

477274575

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library