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Tornel and Santa Anna : the writer and the caudillo, Mexico, 1795-1853 / Will Fowler.
LIBRA F1232.T696 F69 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fowler, Will, 1966-
- Series:
- Contributions in Latin American studies 1054-6790 ; no. 14.
- Contributions in Latin American studies, 1054-6790 ; no. 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tornel y Mendívil, José María, 1789-1853.
- Tornel y Mendívil, José María.
- Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876.
- Santa Anna, Antonio López de.
- Mexico--Politics and government--1821-1861.
- Mexico.
- Politics and government.
- Politicians--Mexico--Biography.
- Politicians.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 308 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Examines a controversial, 19th century Mexican politician, general, and writer, Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, who was, first and foremost, Santa Anna's closest intellectual advisor and propagandist.
- Contents:
- 1 The Formative Years (1795-1824) 1
- 2 From Hope to Disenchantment: The Emergence of the Professional Politician (1824-1829) 43
- 3 Snakes and Ladders (1830-1840) 115
- 4 "So Many Hopes of a Blissful Future" (1841-1844) 195
- 5 "Ploughing the Sea": The Mexican-American War and Its Aftermath (1845-1853) 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313309140
- OCLC:
- 42027533
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