{"product_id":"santa-anna-of-mexico-paperback-softback-9780803226388","title":"Santa Anna of Mexico (Paperback \/ softback) 9780803226388","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSanta Anna of Mexico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWill Fowler (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780803226388\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e528 pages, 5 images\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3.4 cm, 0.703 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Drawing on archives in Mexico, Spain, Britain, and Texas as well as published sources, Fowler supplies a much-needed corrective to existing impressions of Santa Anna with this balanced and well-written work.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Building on recent historiography, this is a breakthrough study of Santa Anna.\"—S. F. Voss, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eSanta Anna of Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e] is carefully documented and well-written. Historians of Mexico on both sides of the border should read this excellent effort.\"—Joseph A. Stout, Jr.,\u003ci\u003e Journal of Arizona History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Superb. . . . Fowler has produced an elegantly-written and engaging study about one of Mexico's most notorious and misunderstood leaders. His evenhanded assessment of Santa Anna as more than just a power-hungry, opportunistic, and corrupt politician makes this biography a most welcome and valuable addition to Mexican historiography.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This reevalution of Antonio López de Santa Anna is long overdue given the sophistication of our understanding of Mexico's turbulent decades following independence in 1810. . . .This biography will become obligatory text for students of the period that will also hold the attention of the casual reader.\"—Michael Ducey, \u003ci\u003eA Contracorriente\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Fowler has written an unsurpassed biography of one of Mexico's most famous leaders. Everyone with an interest in Mexican history should read it.\"—Donald F. Stevens, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American Studies \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This biography is a marvellous introduction to Santa Anna's life and times.\"—Matthew Brown, \u003ci\u003eBulletin of Latin American Research\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Santa Ann of Mexico is a well-research and clearly written biography that provides an appreciation for the political complexity and volatility of Mexico and the man who led the nation during this turbulent period.\"—Ana Luisa Martinez-Catsam, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is a detailed biography for those with a passion for Mexican history, Texas history and American relations with Mexico.\"—Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein, \u003ci\u003eWaterline\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuilding on recent historiography, this is a breakthrough study of Santa Anna.\u003c\/b\u003e-S. F. Voss, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntonio LÓpez de Santa Anna (1794–1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country’s president, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant-the exclusive cause of all of Mexico’s misfortunes following the country’s independence from Spain. He is also, as this biography makes clear, grossly misrepresented. Will Fowler provides a revised picture of Santa Anna’s life, offering new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Santa Anna who emerges from this book is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. His extraordinary story is that of a middle-class provincial \u003ci\u003ecriollo\u003c\/i\u003e, a high-ranking officer, an arbitrator, a dedicated landowner, and a political leader who tried to prosper personally \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e help his country develop at a time of severe and repeated crises, as the colony that was New Spain gave way to a young, troubled, besieged, and beleaguered Mexican nation.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction: Traitor, Turncoat, and Tyrant\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePART I: SANTA ANNA'S EARLY LIFE, 1794-1823\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1.  Between the Volcano and the Sea, 1794-1810\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. An Officer and a Gentleman, 1810-1821\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Liberator of Veracruz, Founder of the Republic, 1821-1823\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePART 2: THE MAKING OF A \u003ci\u003eCAUDILLO,\u003c\/i\u003e 1823-1832\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. A Federalist on the Periphery, 1823-1825\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Among the \u003ci\u003eJarochos, \u003c\/i\u003e1825-1828\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. General of Tricks, 1828-1832 \u003cbr\u003ePART 3: THE RETURNS OF THE PHOENIX, 1832-1841               \u003cbr\u003e7. The Absentee President, 1832-1835\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. The Warrior President, 1835-1837\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. The Landowner President, 1837-1841 \u003cbr\u003ePART 4: A ROAD PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, 1841-1848\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. The \u003ci\u003eSantanista \u003c\/i\u003eProject, 1841-1844\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Our Man in Havana, 1844-1846\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePART 5: THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH, 1849-1876\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e13. The Man Who Would Be King, 1849-1855\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e14. 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