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Zusatztext 'Recommended. General and undergraduate libraries.' - Choice'[A] very thorough! useful! and readable history of Mexico. The author presents a clear! well informed! and well argued interpretation of Mexican history which emphasizes the country's economic and social foundations! its political evolution and which takes up at every turn the issues of class! race! gender! the environment! and foreign relations. While this book has 607 pages of text in rather small type! the chapter divisions and subheads make the book easy to read. Russell has been remarkably successful in synthesizing current scholarship on Mexico. Written as a text book with a companion website! this book is quite accessible to the general reader and an excellent reference.' - Mexico Labor News and Analysis'Philip Russell's History of Mexico distils of some of the best scholarship on Mexico and many important primary sources into a general history that makes the bibliography alone worthy of a place on the shelves of both the serious scholar of modern Mexico and the interested novice. Luckily! the narrative of this voluminous work is also well organised and in Russell's characteristic crystal-clear prose." - Bulletin of Latin American Research Informationen zum Autor Philip Russell is an independent historian and author of Mexico Under Salinas . Zusammenfassung Traces the last 500 years of Mexican history, from the indigenous empires that were devastated by the Spanish conquest through the election of 2006 and its aftermath. This book offers a chronological survey of Mexican history since the pre-colonial times, and includes a glossary as well as many tables and images for comprehensive study. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: The First Three Millennia, 1519-1800 Chapter 1. Mesoamerica Chapter 2. The Conquest of Mexico, 1519-1521 Chapter 3. Three Centuries of Colonialism, 1521-1810 Chapter 4. From Corn to Capitalism, 1521-1810 Chapter 5.The Far North, 1598-1810 II: Independence, 1810-1821 Chapter 6. The End of Spanish Rule,, 1810-1821 III: Early Nineteenth Century Mexico, 1821-1855 Chapter 7. Nationhood, 1821-1855 Chapter 8. The Dawn of Industrialization, 1821-1855 Chapter 9. The Diplomats Arrive, 1821-1855 Chapter 10. The North Adrift, 1821-1845 Chapter 11 Shifting Boundries, 1845-1855 IV: Late Nineteenth Century Mexico, 1856-1909 Chapter 12. Juárez & Díaz, 1856-1909 Chapter 13. Plunging into the International Market, 1856-1909 Chapter 14. A Superpower Emerges Next-door, 1856-1909 V: The Mexican Revolution, 1910-1916 Chapter 15. Replacing Don Porfirio, 1910-1916 Chapter 16. Destruction and Development, 1910-1916 Chapter 17. Trying to Pick a Winner, 1910-1916 VI: After the Revolution, 1917-1940 Chapter 18. Institutionalizing the New Regime, 1917-1940 Chapter 19. Picking up the Pieces, 1917-1940 Chapter 20. Uncle Sam Confronts Revolutionary Nationalism, 1917-1940 VII: The Rise of the Perfect Dictatorship, 1941-1970 Chapter 21. After Cárdenas, 1941-1970 Chapter 22. The Mexican Economic Miracle, 1941-1970 Chapter 23. The New Partnership, 1941-1970 VIII: The Fall of the Perfect Dictatorship, 1971-2000 Chapter 24. Politics in Times of Crisis, 1971-2000 Chapter 25. Plunging Back into the International Market, 1971-2000 Chapter 26. The End of Nationalism, 1971-2000 IX: The New Millennium Chapter 27 The 2000 Election Chapter 28 The Fox Administration, 2000-2006 Chapter 29 The 2006 Election Chapter 30. The Calderon Administraiton, 2006-2009 ...
