Mexico since Independence

This book will be useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.

Leslie Bethell (Edited by)

9780521413060, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 September 1991

464 pages
23.7 x 15.5 x 2.7 cm, 0.79 kg

"Well-documented, using primary and secondary materials that reflect familiarity with Mexican, European and U.S. sources, the six authors review the most salient features of the political and economic development of Mexico, 1821-1988....[It] reflects the obvious advantages of tightly crafted chapters written by acknowledged specialists of each era of Mexican history and assurances that they conizant of the traditional interpretations and themes as well as the trendy ones....[A] useful work for anyone who wishes to go beyond a superficial understanding of Mexico during the last 170 years or so." George D. Beelen, Journal of Third World Studies

Mexico Since Independence brings together six chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of the Cambridge History of Latin America to provide in a single volume an economic, social and political history of Mexico since independence from Spain in 1821. This, it is hoped, will be useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.

List of maps
Preface
1. From independence to the Liberal Republic, 1821–1867 Jan Bazant
2. The Liberal Republic and the Portfiriato, 1867–1910 Friedrich Katz
3. The Mexican Revolution, 1910–1920 John Womack, Jr.
4. Revolution and reconstruction in the 1920s Jean Meyer
5. The rise and fall of Cardenismo, c. 1930– c. 1946 Alan Knight
6. Mexico since 1946: dynamics of an authoritarian regime Peter H. Smith
Bibliographical essays
Index.

Subject Areas: History of the Americas [HBJK]