The Course of Mexican History

• ISBN13: 9780195065992
• ISBN10: 0195065999
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1991-03-14
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Still the leading book on Mexican history from the pre-Columbian periods to the present, this thoroughly updated sixth edition of The Course of Mexican History introduces a new co-author, Susan Deeds, and features a new emphasis on social and cultural history. It offers a new understanding of indigenous cultures, 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 expanded the sections 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 independence movement are examined as well.

Table of Contents

Pre-Columbian Period

The First Mexicans

Mexico's Golden Age: The Classic Period

Times of Trouble: Post-Classic Mexico

The Rise of the Aztecs

Aztec Society and Culture

The Spanish Conquerors

The Spanish Invasion

The Fall of Tenochtitlan

The Settlement of New Spain

The Colony of New Spain

The Imperial System Entrenched

The Colonial Economy

The Colonial Church

Colonial Society: Race and Social Status

Culture and Daily Life in New Spain

Reform and Reaction: The Move to Independence

The Bourbons Restructure New Spain

Society and Stress in the Late Colonial Period

The Wars for Independence

The First Mexican Empire

The Trials of Nationhood, 1824-55

The Early Mexican Repulic, 1824-33

Santa Anna and the Centralized State

The Loss of Texas and the War with the United States

Society and Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

Liberals and Conservatives Search for Something Better, 1855-76

From Ayutla to the Reform

The French Revolution

The Restored Republic, 1867-76: Nascent Modernization

Society and Culture in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

The Modernization of Mexico, 1876-1910

The Making of the Porfiriato

The Process of Modernization

The Costs of Modernization

Society and Culture during the Porfiriato

The Revolution: The Military Phase, 1910-20

The Liberal Indictment

The Overthrow of Diaz

Madero and the Failure of Democracy

Huerta and the Failure of Dictatorship

The Illusory Quest for a Better Way

Society and Culture during the Age of Violence

The Revolution: The Constructive Phase, 1920-40

Alvaro Obregon Cautiously Implements the Constitution

Mexico under Plutarco Calles, 1924-24

Cardenas Carries the Revolution to the Left

Society and Culture from Obregon to Cardenas

The Revolution Shifts Gears: Mexico Since 1940

From Revolution to Evolution, 1940-46

The Institutionalized Revolution, 1946-58

Adolfo Lopez Mateos: The Lull before the Storm, 1958-64

Sparks, Fire, and Smoldering, 1964-76

Mexico Since 1976: The Tensions of Development and Democratization

Society and Culture Since World War II

Appendix: Mexican Heads of State

Sources of Illustrations

Index

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.