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Informationen zum Autor Colin M. MacLachlan is the John Christie Barr Distinguished Professor of History at Tulane University. He has written numerous historical works, including Spain's Empire in the New World: The Role of Ideas in Institutional and Social Change; Argentina: What Went Wrong; and (with William H. Beezley) Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946 (Nebraska 2009). William H. Beezley is a professor of history at the University of Arizona. He is the author or editor of many books, including Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico (2nd ed.), available in a Bison Books edition, and The Oxford History of Mexico. Klappentext Colin M. MacLachlan is the John Christie Barr Distinguished Professor of History at Tulane University. He has written numerous historical works, including Spain¿s Empire in the New World: The Role of Ideas in Institutional and Social Change; Argentina: What Went Wrong; and (with William H. Beezley) Mexicans in Revolution, 1910¿1946 (Nebraska 2009). William H. Beezley is a professor of history at the University of Arizona. He is the author or editor of many books, including Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico (2nd ed.), available in a Bison Books edition, and The Oxford History of Mexico. Zusammenfassung This accessible account guides the reader through a pivotal time in Mexican history! including such critical episodes as the reign of Santa Anna! the US-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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The National Trauma1. Spain and Its Empire in Crisis2. Santa Anna's Era3. Liberalism, Reform, and Napolean III4. The Restored Republic5. Constructing the Porfiriato6. The Socioeconomic Pyramid7. Soft Diplomacy8. Fatal VulnerabilitiesConclusion: A Crucial Century AssessedNotesSuggested Reading in EnglishIndex ...
