MEXICO'S CRUCIAL CENTURY, 1810-1910 "AN INTRODUCTION"

MACLACHLAN, COLIN M.

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ISBN:978-0-8032-2844-3
EAN:9780803228443
Editorial: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS
Fecha de la edición:2010
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:RUSTICA
Nº Pág.:280
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After Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, it began the work of forging its identity as an independent nation, a process that would endure throughout the crucial nineteenth century. A weakened Mexico faced American territorial ambitions and economic pressure, and the U.S.-Mexican War threatened the fledgling nation's survival. In 1876 Porfirio Díaz became president of Mexico, bringing political stability to the troubled nation. Although Díaz initiated long-delayed economic development and laid the foundation of modern Mexico, his government was an oligarchy created at the expense of most Mexicans. This accessible account guides the reader through a pivotal time in Mexican history, including such critical episodes as the reign of Santa Anna, the U.S.-Mexican War, and the Porfiriato. Colin M. MacLachlan and William H. Beezley recount how the century between Mexico's independence and the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution had a lasting impact on the course of the nation's history.