In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution

by Aguilar Camin, Hector; Meyer, Lorenzo; Gamin, Hector Aguilar

• ISBN13: 9780292704510
• ISBN10: 0292704518
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Texas Pr

Summary

Heacute;ctor Aguilar Camiacute;n and Lorenzo Meyer, two of Mexico's leading intellectuals, set out to fill a void in the literature on Mexican history: the lack of a single text to cover the history of contemporary Mexico during the twentieth century. A la sombra de la Revolucioacute;n Mexicana, now available in English as In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution, covers the Mexican Revolution itself, the gradual consolidation of institutions, the Caacute;rdenas regime, the "Mexican economic miracle" and its subsequent collapse, and the recent transition toward a new historical period. The authors offer a comprehensive and authoritative study of Mexico's turbulent recent history, a history that increasingly intertwines with that of the United States. Given the level of interest in Mexico--likely to increase still more as a result of the recent liberalization of trade policies--this volume will be useful in affording U.S. readers an intelligent, comprehensive, and accessible study of their neighbor to the south.

Table of Contents

Preface

In the Path of Madero: 1910-1913

The Revolutions Are the Revolution: 1913-1920

From the Caudillo to the Maximato: 1920-1934

The Cardenista Utopia: 1934-1940

The Mexican Miracle: 1940-1968

The Fading of the Miracle: 1968-1984

The Beginning of a Painful Transition

Bibliography

Index

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