Mexico

by Suchlicki, Jaime

• ISBN13: 9781574880267
• ISBN10: 1574880268
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

In this fascinating thousand-year history of America's controversial and rapidly changing neighbor, a leading expert on Latin America explains how Mexico's present and future flow directly from its past. Going well beyond analyses of recent crises, Mexico is an engrossing introduction to the Indian civilizations, the harsh rule of the Spaniards, social violence and revolution, and the country's mercurial relationship with the United States up to the present.

Author Biography

Jaime Suchlicki is professor of history at the Graduate School of International Studies.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Transaction Edition	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Understanding Mexico	p. 3
A Divided Land: Mexico's Natural Environment and Native Peoples	p. 9
Enter the Spaniards	p. 26
The Emerging Colony	p. 34
Colonial Economy and Labor	p. 42
The Bourbon Century	p. 48
Independence or Revolution	p. 53
The Age of Santa Anna	p. 61
The U.S.-Mexican War	p. 70
Prelude to Revolution: La Reforma	p. 79
Maximilian and Foreign Intervention	p. 87
The Porfiriato	p. 98
The Mexican Revolution	p. 107
The Revolution Takes Shape	p. 120
Political Stability and Uneven Growth	p. 132
Years of Crisis: 1994-1995	p. 157
Mexicans and Mexican-Americans	p. 170
Mexico's Future, Mexico's Past	p. 189
Suggested Reading	p. 204
Index	p. 215
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