A Concise History of Mexico (Cambridge Concise Histories)

✍ Scribed by Brian R. Hamnett

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 660
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Half title
Series page
Title page
Imprints page
Contents
Plates
Maps
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chronology
1 Mexico in Perspective
Sovereignty, Territory, and National Sentiment
Living with the United States
Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
The Higher Profile of the Catholic Church
A Perspective on the Present
2 The Pre-Columbian 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 Post-Classic 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
Pre-Columbian Era
Spanish Colonial Era
Late Colonial and Independence Period
Nineteenth-Century Issues
Twentieth Century
Mexican Culture
Index