Mexico

by Coerver, Don M.; Pasztor, Suzanne B.; Buffington, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9781576071328
• ISBN10: 1576071324
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

Summary

A concise overview of 20th- and 21st-century Mexico, this volume explores the political, economic, social, and cultural history of the world's largest Spanish-speaking country.

Author Biography

Don M. Coerver, is professor of history at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Twentieth-Century Mexico: An Overview	xiii
Chronology of Key Events	xxi
Maps	xxv
Mexico: A to Z entries	1	(562)
A
Agrarian Reform/Land and Land Policy	1	(4)
Aguascalientes, Convention of	5	(3)
Aguascalientes (State)	8	(2)
Aleman, Miguel (1900-1983)	10	(3)
Anarchism	13	(2)
Anthropology and Archeology	15	(6)
Architecture	21	(6)
Art since 1950	27	(4)
Assassinations	31	(3)
Avila Camacho, Manuel (1897-1955)	34	(3)
B
Baja California Norte and Baja California Sur (States)	37	(3)
Banking and Finance	40	(8)
Boundary Conflicts	48	(1)
Bracero Program	49	(4)
C
Calles, Plutarco Elias (1877-1945)	53	(2)
Campeche (State)	55	(2)
Cantinflas (1911-1993)	57	(4)
Cardenas, Cuauhtemoc (1934-)	61	(3)
Cardenas, Lazaro (1895-1970)	64	(4)
Carranza, Venustiano (1859-1920)	68	(2)
Castellanos, Rosario (1925-1974)	70	(3)
Chavez, Cesar (1927-1993)	73	(2)
Chiapas (State)	75	(2)
Chicano/a	77	(3)
Chihuahua (State)	80	(3)
Cientificos	83	(3)
Cinema to 1930: The Silent Era	86	(2)
Cinema from 1930 to 1960: The Golden Age	88	(5)
Cinema after 1960: Contemporary Mexican Film	93	(4)
Classical Music	97	(3)
Coahuila (State)	100	(2)
Colima (State)	102	(2)
Comic Books	104	(2)
Communism in Mexico	106	(4)
Confederacion de Trabajadores de Mexico (CTM)	110	(4)
Confederacion Nacional Campesina (CNC)	114	(3)
Confederacion Regional Obrera Mexicana (CROM)	117	(4)
Constitution of 1917	121	(3)
Constitutionalists	124	(2)
Corruption	126	(4)
Cristero Rebellion	130	(3)
D
de la Huerta, Adolfo (1881-1955)	133	(2)
Debt, Mexico's Foreign	135	(2)
Democratization Process	137	(3)
Diaz, Porfirio (1830-1915)	140	(3)
Diaz Ordaz, Gustavo (1911-1979)	143	(2)
Drug Trafficking	145	(2)
Durango (State)	147	(4)
E
Echeverria Alvarez, Luis (1922-)	151	(3)
Economy	154	(5)
Education	159	(5)
Elections	164	(2)
Environmental Issues	166	(7)
F
Flores Magon, Ricardo (1873-1922)	173	(3)
Folk Art	176	(3)
Food	179	(5)
Foreign Policy	184	(3)
Fox, Vicente (1942-)	187	(6)
Fuentes, Carlos (1928-)	193	(6)
G
Gender and Sexuality	199	(5)
Government	204	(3)
Guanajuato (State)	207	(3)
Guerrero (State)	210	(3)
H
Hidalgo (State)	213	(2)
Holy Days and Holidays	215	(5)
Huerta, Victoriano (1845-1916)	220	(3)
I
Immigration/Emigration	223	(7)
Import Substitution Industrialization (ISI)	230	(3)
Intellectuals	233	(8)
J
Jalisco (State)	241	(2)
Juarez, Benito (1806-1872)	243	(6)
K
Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954)	249	(2)
Korean War	251	(2)
L
Labor Movements	253	(5)
Lacandon	258	(2)
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)	260	(2)
Leon de la Barra, Francisco (1863-1939)	262	(2)
Lombardo Toledano, Vicente (1894-1968)	264	(3)
Lopez Matcos, Adolfo (1910-1969)	267	(3)
Lopez Portillo, Jose (1920-)	270	(3)
M
Madero, Francisco (1873-1913)	273	(3)
Madrid (Hurtado), Miguel de la (1934-)	276	(3)
Marcos, Subcomandante	279	(4)
Mestizaje and Indigenismo	283	(4)
Mexico (State)	287	(2)
Mexico City	289	(5)
Michoacan (State)	294	(3)
Militarism	297	(4)
Monsivais, Carlos (1938-)	301	(4)
Monterrey Group	305	(2)
Morelos (State)	307	(2)
Morones, Luis (1890-1964)	309	(3)
Morrow, Dwight (1873-1931)	312	(3)
Muralist Movement	315	(5)
Murillo, Gerardo ``Dr. Atl'' (1875-1964)	320	(3)
N
Nayarit (State)	323	(2)
Newspapers and Magazines	325	(3)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)	328	(3)
Novel of the Revolution	331	(4)
Novel since 1960	335	(9)
Nuevo Leon (State)	344	(3)
Q
Oaxaca (State)	347	(2)
Obregon, Alvaro (1880-1928)	349	(3)
Oil Industry	352	(5)
Orozco, Jose Clemente (1883-1949)	357	(3)
Orozco, Pascual (1882-1915)	360	(3)
Ortiz Rubio, Pascual (1877-1963)	363	(4)
P
Partido de Accion Nacional (PAN)	367	(2)
Partido Liberal Mexicano (PLM)	369	(4)
Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI)	373	(2)
Paz, Octavio (1914-1998)	375	(3)
Pershing Expedition	378	(3)
Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)	381	(4)
Photography	385	(6)
Poetry	391	(8)
Poniatowska, Elena (1933-)	399	(2)
Popular Music	401	(5)
Portes Gil, Emilio (1890-1978)	406	(3)
Posada, Jose Guadalupe (1852-1913)	409	(2)
Presidents of the Twentieth Century	411	(5)
Puebla (State)	416	(3)
Q
Queretaro (State)	419	(2)
Quintana Roo (State)	421	(4)
R
Radio	425	(4)
Religion	429	(3)
Revolution of 1910	432	(4)
Rivera, Diego (1886-1957)	436	(4)
Rock and Roll	440	(2)
Rodriguez, Abelardo (1889-1967)	442	(2)
Ruiz, Bishop Samuel (1924-)	444	(3)
Ruiz Cortines, Adolfo (1890-1973)	447	(2)
Rulfo, Juan (1918-1986)	449	(3)
Rural Labor	452	(3)
Rurales	455	(4)
S
Salinas de Gortari, Carlos (1948-)	459	(4)
San Luis Potosi (State)	463	(3)
Sinaloa (State)	466	(2)
Siquieros, David Alfaro (1896-1974)	468	(4)
Soldaderas	472	(2)
Sonora (State)	474	(3)
Sports	477	(6)
T
Tabasco (State)	483	(2)
Tamaulipas (State)	485	(3)
Tamayo, Rufino (1899-1991)	488	(2)
Television	490	(4)
Theater	494	(5)
Tlatelolco Massacre	499	(3)
Tlaxcala (State)	502	(2)
Tourism	504	(3)
Transportation	507	(4)
U
United States, Relations with	511	(3)
Urbanization	514	(5)
V
Vasconcelos, Jose (1882-1959)	519	(4)
Velazquez Sanchez, Fidel (1900-1997)	523	(3)
Vera Cruz, Occupation of (1914)	526	(2)
Veracruz (State)	528	(2)
Villa, Francisco ``Pancho'' (1878-1923)	530	(3)
Virgin of Guadalupe	533	(4)
W
Women's Movement	537	(2)
World War II	539	(4)
Y
Yucatan (State)	543	(4)
Z
Zacatecas (State)	547	(2)
Zapata, Emiliano (1879-1919)	549	(3)
Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)	552	(2)
Zedillo Ponce de Leon, Ernesto (1951-)	554	(4)
Zimmermann Telegram	558	(5)
Bibliography	563	(6)
Index	569