The river people in flood time : the civil wars in Tabasco, spoiler of empires / Terry Rugeley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rugeley, Terry, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tabasco (Mexico : State)--History--19th century.

Tabasco (Mexico : State).

Mexico--History--19th century.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title tells the story of how the people of nineteenth century Tabasco, Mexico, overcame impossible odds to expel one foreign intervention after another. Tabascans resisted control by Mexico City, overcame the grip of a Cuban adventurer who seized control of the region for two years, turned back the United States Navy, and defeated the French Intervention of the early 1860's, thus remaining free territory while the rest of the nation struggled for four painful years under the imposed monarchy of Maximilian.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction: Imperial Spoilers

1. Origin Time

2. The Last Empire

3. Unruly Behavior at the Water’s Edge

4. The Outsider

5. The Invaders

6. The Unreformed

7. The Resistance

8. The Ax

Conclusion: The Death of a Fakir and the Agony of Old Tabasco

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804793124

0804793123

OCLC:

923709182