Mexico Since Independence

Mexico since Independence brings together chapters from Volumes lll, V, and Vll of The Cambridge History to provide in a single volume and economic, social, and political history of Mexico since its independence from Spain in 1821. This, it is hoped, will be useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history and of contemporary Latin America. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.

List of contents

List of maps; Preface; 1. From independence to the Liberal Republic, 1821-1867 Jan Bazant; 2. The Liberal Republic and the Portfiriato, 1867-1910 Friedrich Katz; 3. The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920 John Womack, Jr.; 4. Revolution and reconstruction in the 1920s Jean Meyer; 5. The rise and fall of Cardenismo, c. 1930- c. 1946 Alan Knight; 6. Mexico since 1946: dynamics of an authoritarian regime Peter H. Smith; Bibliographical essays; Index.

Summary

Mexico Since Independence brings together six chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of the Cambridge History of Latin America to provide in a single volume an economic, social and political history of Mexico since independence from Spain in 1821. This, it is hoped, will be useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Bethell
• Assisted by: Leslie Bethell (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.1991
• EAN: 9780521423724
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42372-4
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Cambridge History of Latin Ame; Print on Demand; Cambridge History of Latin Ame
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book