A concise history of Mexico

Brian R. Hamnett.
Bok · Engelsk · 2019 · Electronic books.

Omfang	1 online resource (xxxiv, 537 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
Utgave	Third edition.
Opplysninger	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jan 2019).. - Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Imprints Page -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Maps -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Chronology -- 1 Mexico in Perspective -- Sovereignty, Territory, and National Sentiment -- Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering -- The Higher Profile of the Catholic Church -- A Perspective on the Present -- 2 The Pre­Columbian Era -- The Olmecs -- Monte Albán and the Zapotec Cultures of Oaxaca -- The Mayas -- Teotihuacan -- The North -- The Time of Troubles, 750-950 -- The Toltecs -- The Post-Classic Maya -- The Zapotecs and Mixtecs of the Post­Classic Era -- Central Mexico -- The Aztecs -- The Aztecs of the Present Day -- 3 The European Incursion, 1519-1620 -- The Impact of the Fall of Tenochtitlán -- The Imposition of Christianity -- Indian Institutions and Spanish Encomenderos -- Hispanic Presence and Indian Survival -- Hispanic Land Acquisition -- Territorial Advance and Repulse -- 4 New Spain, 1620-1770: Spanish Colonialism and American Society -- Spain and the Empire: Merchants, Financiers, and Markets -- The Mining Sector -- Provincial Economies and Commercial Networks -- The Consolidation of the Hispanic Private Estate -- Indian Communities -- New Spain's Baroque Culture -- The Cult of the Virgin -- The Exposed North and Far North -- The Political Processes -- 5 Destabilization and Fragmentation, 1770-1867 -- Part One: The Climax and Collapse of New Spain, 1770-1821 -- An Expanding Economy or Distorted Development? -- Social and Economic Contrasts in Late Colonial New Spain -- Metropolitan Spain and Imperial Reorganization -- Merchants, Markets, and Industries -- The Continuing Problems of the North and Far North -- Religious Crisis and Popular Perceptions.. - Deepening Crises at Many Levels -- The Revolutionary Attempt and the Insurgency of the 1810s -- The Spanish Constitutional Experiment -- The Final Overthrow of the Colonial State (1820-1821) -- Part Two: The Failures and Successes of a Newly Sovereign State, 1821-1867 -- Autonomy, Empire, and Separatism -- Mexico's Struggle for a Viable Constitutional Solution -- Finance and the Economy -- The War With the United States (1846-1848) and the Loss of the Mexican Far North -- The Persistence of Social Unrest -- The Reform Era (1855-1876) and the Rise of Benito Juárez -- The Intervention (1862-1867) -- 6 Reconstruction, 1867-1940 -- Part One: The Liberal Republic: Constitutionalism or Personal Rule, 1867-1911? -- The Expansion of the Economy -- Territorial Power and the Rural World -- Political Practices under Porfirio Díaz -- The Construction of Personal Rule, 1884-1911 -- The Deepening Succession Question -- Issues and Interpretations -- Part Two: The Revolutionary System: State Power or Democratisation, 1911-1940? -- The Impact of Revolution -- The Struggle for Power Within the Revolution -- The Constitution of 1917 -- Mexico as a Major Oil Producer, 1910-1925 -- The Rule of the Chieftains, 1920-1934 -- The Religious Conflict -- The Construction of the Revolutionary Party -- Nationalism, Lázaro Cárdenas, and the Revolution During the 1930s -- The Reorganisation of the Official Party and the Presidential Elections of 1940 -- 7 The Monopoly Party, 1940-2000 -- Part One: The 'Mexican Miracle' and Political Control, 1940-1970 -- The Apogee of the Monopoly-Party State (1940-1968) -- The Strengths and Weaknesses of Expansion -- The Uneasy Balance - Economic Nationalism and Private Enterprise -- 'Stabilized Development' (1954-1971) -- The Agricultural Sector: Growth and Problems -- Elections, Opposition, and Rising Discontent -- The Road to Disillusionment.. - Part Two: Economic Crises and Political Divisions, 1970-2000 -- The Road to Disaster: The Economy, 1970-1982 -- The Political Descent -- The Oil Boom of 1977-1981 -- The Task of Recovery -- 'Neo-Liberalism' and Post-Crisis Responses -- The Return of the Catholic Church as a Political Counter -- Political Challenge and the Issue of Regime Durability -- The Chiapas Question and the Indigenous Problem -- The Zedillo Administration's Last Years -- 8 Cultural Developments Since Independence -- Themes and Methods in Mexican Literature -- Revolutionary Nationalism Versus Cosmopolitanism -- Technique and Location -- Mexican Literature from the 1960s -- Mexican Cinema -- 9 The Changing Face of the Republic, 2000-2019 -- The Uneven Pattern of the Economy -- Recent Antecedents -- The Troubled Energy Sector and Political Responses -- Mexican Society - Transformation Plus Entrenchment -- Persistent Violence: Drug Cartels and Political Responses -- Political Parties and Elections -- 10 Mexico in the World: International Relations from 2000 -- Migration and the Northern Border Question -- NAFTA -- Beyond the USA -- Final Comments -- Bibliography -- Index.. - This concise history looks at Mexico from political, economic, and cultural perspectives, portraying Mexico's struggle to break out of the colonial past and assert its viability as a sovereign state in a competitive world. In this third edition, Hamnett adds new material on Mexico's regional and international roles as they have emerged in the twenty-first century, including membership of supra-national organizations (including and moving beyond NAFTA), the Mexican drug war between government officials and gangs, and the immigration and border crises within the United States. He also discusses Mexico's relationship to the outside world, particularly its efforts to broaden the range of political and commercial associations, especially with European countries, the rest of Latin America, and the Pacific Rim through trade agreements with supra-national organizations.
Sjanger	Electronic books.
Geografisk emneord	Mexico - History.
Dewey	972
ISBN	1-316-79595-0. - 1-316-80576-X