An edition of Mexico: Biography of Power (1997)

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A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996

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An edition of Mexico: Biography of Power (1997)

Mexico: Biography of Power

A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996

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This challenging, interpretive history of the making of modern Mexico from the Insurgent priests of the early nineteenth century to Zedillo and the Zapatistas in Chiapas of today vividly recounts Mexico's past and explains its current realities.

Krauze begins with an introduction that sketches the key elements of Mexico's past: the legacy of the Indians, Cortes, the Spanish Crown, the Mother Church, and the mixing of the Spanish and Indian population into a mestizo culture. The narrative then centers on the individual personalities of the caudillos, or leaders, around whom Mexican history has revolved.

As before, it is through the lives, personalities, and actions of the various caudillos, or Presidents, that politics, economics, history, and many features of daily life in Mexico are determined. A major question for the future of the country is whether the political system can decentralize the concentration of power in the presidential office, democratize the state, and end the cycles of history as a series of biographies of power.

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Cover of: Mexico: Biography of Power
Mexico: Biography of Power : A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996
May 1997, HarperCollins Publishers
Hardcover in English - 1st ed edition
Cover of: Mexico: Biography of Power
Mexico: Biography of Power : A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996
May 1997, HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollinsPublishers
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First Sentence

"Mexico, September 1910, and a double cause for celebration: the cente of the War of Independence and the eightieth birthday of President Porfirio Diaz."

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Library of Congress
F1231.5 .K72 1997, F1231.5.K72 1997

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OL7275493M
ISBN 10
0060163259
ISBN 13
9780060163259
LCCN
96033046
OCLC/WorldCat
35128211
Library Thing
194570
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725880

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