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The course of Mexican history
Record details
- ISBN: 9780190659011
- ISBN: 0190659017
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Physical Description:
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xiv, 640 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm - Edition: Eleventh edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Meyer's name appears first on earlier editions. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Pre-Columbian Mexico -- The first Mexicans -- Mesoamerica's golden age: the classic period -- Times of trouble: post-classic Mexico -- The rise of the Aztecs -- Aztec society and culture -- Part II. Colliding worlds -- The Spanish invasion -- The settlement of new Spain -- Part III. Living in the viceroyalty -- The imperial system entrenched -- The colonial economy -- The colonial church -- Colonial society: race, ethnicity, class, gender, and identity -- Culture and daily life in New Spain -- Part IV. Reform and reaction: the move to independence -- The Bourbons restructure New Spain -- Society and stress in the late colonial period -- The wars for independence -- The first Mexican empire -- Part V. The trials of nationhood -- The early Mexican Republic -- Santa Anna, the centralized state, and the war with the United States -- Society and culture in the first half of the nineteenth century -- Part VI. Liberals and conservatives search for something better -- The reform and the French intervention -- The restored republic: nascent modernization -- Society and culture in the middle of the nineteenth century -- Part VII. The modernization of Mexico -- The Porfiriato: order and progress -- The costs of modernization -- Society and culture during the Porfiriato -- Part VIII. The Revolution of 1910 -- Madero and the liberal indictment of the Porfiriato -- Revolts and dictatorship obstruct the democratic overture -- The illusory quest for a better way -- Society and culture during the revolutionary years -- PART ix. The revolutionary aftermath -- Calles: supreme chief of an institutionalized revolution -- Cardenas and the essence of the revolution -- Society and culture in the postrevolutionary period -- Part X. Development and dissent under a one-party system -- From revolution to evolution -- The lull and the storm -- Failures of development in the one-party state -- Society and culture: a new internationalism -- Part XI. Crisis and change in an era of globalization -- The neoliberal state: a path to democracy? -- The challenges of democratization -- Progress and problems -- Society and culture in an era of crises and global entanglements. |
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| Subject: | Mexico History |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | F 1226 .D44 2018 | 30775305537434 | General Collection | Available | - |