UID:
almafu_9959677560602883
Format:
1 online resource (200 p.)
ISBN:
9780822397427
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0822397420
Content:
In the decades following independence, Mexico was transformed from a strong, stable colony into a republic suffering from economic decline and political strife. Marked by political instability—characterized by Antonio López de Santa Anna’s rise to the presidency on eleven distinct occasions—this period of Mexico’s history is often neglected and frequently misunderstood.Donald F. Stevens’ revisionist account challenges traditional historiography to examine the nature and origins of Mexico’s political instability. Turning to quantitative methods as a way of providing a framework for examining existing hypotheses concerning Mexico’s instability, the author dissects the relationship between instability and economic cycles; contradicts the notion that Mexico’s social elite could have increased political stability by becoming more active; and argues that the principal political fissures were not liberal vs. conservative but were among radical, moderate, and conservative.Ultimately, Stevens maintains, the origins of that country’s instability are to be found in the contradictions between liberalism and Mexico’s traditional class structure, and the problems of creating an independent republic from colonial, monarchical, and authoritarian traditions.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Tables and Figure --
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Acknowledgments --
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One Instability and History --
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Two Accounting for Caudillos --
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Three Political Conflict in Early Republican Mexico --
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Four Paths to Power --
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Five Holding on to Power --
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Six Social and Political Landscapes --
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Seven Conditions and Convictions --
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Eight Origins of Instability in Mexico --
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Appendixes --
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A Cabinet Ministers and Presidents, 1824-1867 --
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B Elite Politicians and Their Residences in Mexico City, 1848 --
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C Statistics --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781322112558
Additional Edition:
ISBN 132211255X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822311362
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0822311364
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9780822397427
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/9780822397427?locatt=mode:legacy
