An edition of Mexico (1997)

Mexico

biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996

1st HarperPerennial ed.
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An edition of Mexico (1997)

Mexico

biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996

1st HarperPerennial ed.
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Mexico: Biography of Power
July 1, 1998, Harper Perennial
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Mexico: Biography of Power
July 1, 1998, Harper Perennial
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Mexico: biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996
1998, HarperPerennial
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: The centenary fiestas
The grito
The paseo and the city
Revolution
I: THE WEIGHT OF THE PAST: The children of Cuauhtemoc
The legacy of Cortes
The mestizo family
The Spanish crown
The mother church
II: CENTURY OF CAUDILLOS: The insurgent priests
The collapse of the creoles
The Indian shepherd and the Austrian Archduke
The triumph of the mestizo
III: REVOLUTION: Francisco I. Madero: the apostle of democracy
Emiliano Zapata: the born anarchist
Francisco Villa: between angel and iron
Venustiano Carranza: nationalism and the Constitution
Alvaro Obregon: death and the general
Plutarco Elias Calles: reform from the roots
Lazaro Cardenas: the missiionary general
IV: THE MODERN STATE: mANUAL Avila Camacho: the gentleman president
Miguel Aleman: the businessman president and the system
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines: the administrator
Adolfo Lopez Mateos: the orator
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz: the advocate of order
V: PAST AND FUTURE: THE DECLINE OF THE SYSTEM: The preacher
The gambler
Lost opportunities
The man who would be king
The theater of history.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [799]-854) and index.

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New York, NY

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F1231.5

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xix, 872 p. :
Number of pages
872

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OL18383553M
ISBN 10
0060929170
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39488953
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194570
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