Table of Contents

Preface1. Understanding Mexico2. A Divided Land: Mexico’s Natural Environment And Native Peoples3. Enter The Spaniards4. The Emerging Colony5. Colonial Economy And Labor6. The Bourbon Century7. Independence Or Revolution8. The Age Of Santa Anna9. The U.S.-Mexican War10. Prelude To Revolution: La Reforma11. Maximilian And Foreign Intervention12. The Porfiriato13. The Mexican Revolution14. The Revolution Takes Shape15. Political Stability An D Uneven Growth16. Years Of Crisis: 1994-199517. Mexicans And Mexican-Americans18. Mexico’s Future, Mexico’s PastSuggested ReadingIndex

About the Author

Jaime Suchlicki, one of the world’s foremost scholars on Latin America, is a professor of history at the School of International Studies at the University of Miami. He edits the Journal of Inter-American and World Affairs, consults for the U.S. government, and is the author of Mexico: From Montezuma to the Fall of the PRI and University Students and Revolution in Cuba. He lives in Coral Gables, Florida.

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"well-written, comprehensive...a concise, balanced introduction for the general reader." Library Journal"