About the Author

William H. Beezley established a reputation as one of the pioneer cultural historians of Mexico with the publication of his well-known book Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico. His investigations into both Mexican and Latin American history have resulted in thirteen books, including the standard Oxford History of Mexico, edited with Michael C. Meyer. He and Judy Ewell focused on the lives of ordinary people in the past in their widely used text The Human Tradition in Latin America, which resulted in a series of books on the human tradition in other places and other times. Beezley is currently completing a concise history of Mexicans in the Revolution with Colin MacLachlan. Recently, his research has turned to wine in Latin America, and he has appeared as a guest on the Emmy Award-winning program The Desert Speaks, to discuss wine in Baja California del Norte and in Chile. He has begun a book on the Malbec varietal in the Americas. His Mexican investigations now focus on popular culture, especially sports and music of the 1950s. As professor history, he teaches at the University of Arizona.

Reviews

"Beezley has unearthed new sources and approached the entire study of nationalism in an innovative fashion. Mexican National Identity adds immensely to contemporary scholarship on nineteenth-century Latin America, not just Mexico."--Linda Curcio-Nagy, author of The Great Festivals of Colonial Mexico City: Performing Power and Identity "Beezley's approach is unique, even daring. Mexican National Identity is organized, well written, deeply researched, and coherent. It offers a mature analysis of Mexican popular culture and will stand as a benchmark for scholars working in the field for years to come."--Andrew Grant Wood, editor of On the Border: Society and Culture between the United States and Mexico