The Course of Mexican History

by Meyer, Michael C.; Sherman, William L.; Deeds, Susan M.

• ISBN13: 9780195110012
• ISBN10: 0195110013
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-12-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Still the leading survey text on Mexican history from the pre-Columbian period to the present, this thoroughly updated sixth edition of the The Course of Mexican History introduces a new co-author, Susan Deeds. The new edition features a new emphasis on social and cultural history. It offeresnew understanding of indigenous culture, including revised discussions of pre-Columbian central Mexico and the Spanish conquest of Mexico, as well as an examination of new trends in the fast-changing field of Mayan studies. Using recent scholarship and discoveries, the authors have also expanded thesections on the historical background of Spanish conquistadors, and the social, religious, and cultural history of Mexico's colonial period, with a particular emphasis on its impact on women and indigenous cultures. New research on the events and social grievances which led up to the independencemovement are examined as well.

Table of Contents

I. Pre-Columbian Mexico
The First Mexicans	3	(10)
Mexico's Golden Age: The Classic Period	13	(22)
Times of Trouble: Post-Classic Mexico	35	(16)
The Rise of the Aztecs	51	(13)
Aztec Society and Culture	64	(27)
II. The Spanish Conquerors
The Spanish Invasion	91	(19)
The Fall of Tenochtitlan	110	(14)
The Settlement of New Spain	124	(23)
III. The Colony of New Spain
The Imperial System Entrenched	147	(13)
The Colonial Economy	160	(16)
The Colonial Church	176	(19)
Colonial Society: Race and Social Status	195	(17)
Culture and Daily Life in New Spain	212	(29)
IV. Reform and Reaction: The Move to Independence
The Bourbons Restructure New Spain	241	(13)
Society and Stress in the Late Colonial Period	254	(20)
The Wars for Independence	274	(14)
The First Mexican Empire	288	(13)
V. The Trials of Nationhood, 1824--55
The Early Mexican Republic, 182--433	301	(11)
Santa Anna and the Centralized State	312	(11)
The Loss of Texas and the War with the United States	323	(19)
Society and Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century	342	(17)
VI. Liberals and Conservatives Search for Something Better, 1855--76
From Ayutla to the Reform	359	(12)
The French Intervention	371	(17)
The Restored Republic 1867--76: Nascent Modernization	388	(13)
Society and Culture in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century	401	(16)
VII. The Modernization of Mexico, 1876--1910
The Making of the Porfiriato	417	(8)
The Process of Modernization	425	(14)
The Costs of Modernization	439	(12)
Society and Culture During the Porfiriato	451	(16)
VIII. The Revolution: The Military Phase, 1910--20
The Liberal Indictment	467	(14)
The Overthrow of Diaz	481	(12)
Madero and the Failure of Democracy	493	(11)
Huerta and the Failure of Dictatorship	504	(12)
The Illusory Quest for a Better Way	516	(16)
Society and Culture During the Age of Violence	532	(17)
IX. The Revolution: The Constructive Phase, 1920--40
Alvaro Obregon Cautiously Implements the Constitution	549	(13)
Mexico Under Plutarco Calles, 1924--34	562	(13)
Cardenas Carries the Revolution to the Left	575	(12)
Society and Culture from Obregon to Cardenas	587	(18)
X. The Revolution Shifts Gears: Mexico Since 1940
From Revolution to Evolution, 1940--46	605	(11)
The Institutionalized Revolution, 1946--58	616	(11)
Adolfo Lopez Mateos: The Lull Before the Storm, 1958--64	627	(12)
Sparks, Fire, and Smoldering, 1964--76	639	(14)
Mexico Since 1976: The Tensions of Development and Democratization	653	(32)
Society and Culture Since World War II	685	(20)
Appendix: Mexican Heads of State	705	(6)
Sources of Illustrations	711	(3)
Index	714