Table of Contents

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  

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A general introduction to the years between Mexico's independence and revolution, including the reign of Santa Anna, the Mexican-American War, and the Porfiriato

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"MacLachlan (Tulane Univ.) and Beezley (Univ. of Arizona) provide an excellent overview of Mexico's complex, chaotic, and formative period between independence and revolution. Focusing primarily on political events, but with a fair amount of social and economic history, the authors follow the growth and contraction of the Mexican nation, providing clear, concise descriptions of the many factions and political ideas that have both united and divided it."—C.L. Sinclair, Choice