Mexico since Independence [Paperback]

This book will be useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.Six chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of the Cambridge History of Latin America provide in a single volume an economic, social and political history of Mexico since independence from Spain in 1821.Six chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of the Cambridge History of Latin America provide in a single volume an economic, social and political history of Mexico since independence from Spain in 1821.Mexico Since Independence brings together six chapters from Volumes III, V and VII of the Cambridge History of Latin America to provide in a single volume an economic, social and political history of Mexico since independence from Spain in 1821. This, it is hoped, will be useful for both teachers and students of Latin American history. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.List of maps; Preface; 1. From independence to the Liberal Republic, 18211867 Jan Bazant; 2. The Liberal Republic and the Portfiriato, 18671910 Friedrich Katz; 3. The Mexican Revolution, 19101920 John Womack, Jr.; 4. Revolution and reconstruction in the 1920s Jean Meyer; 5. The rise and fall of Cardenismo, c. 1930 c. 1946 Alan Knight; 6. Mexico since 1946: dynamics of an authoritarian regime Peter H. Smith; Bibliographical essays; Index. It is hard to imagine a more successful collection of articles into one book than the six chapters here drawn from volumes 3, 5, and 7 of the recent Cambridge History of Latin America. History Well-documented, using primary and secondary materials that reflect familiarity with Mexican, European and U.S. sources, the six authors review the most salient features of the political and economic development of Mexico, 1821-1988....[It] reflects the obvious advantages of tightly crafted chapters written by acknowledged specialists of each era of Mexican history and assurances that they conizant of the traditional interlS.