Cycles of conflict, centuries of change : crisis, reform, and revolution in Mexico / edited by Elisa Servin, Leticia Reina, & John Tutino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Servín, Elisa, 1955-

Reina, Leticia.

Tutino, John, 1947-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Standardized Title:

Crisis, reforma y revolución. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico--History--19th century.

Mexico.

Mexico--Economic conditions--19th century.

Mexico--Social conditions--19th century.

Mexico--History--20th century.

Mexico--Economic conditions--20th century.

Mexico--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anthology about three of the persistent crises that have wracked Mexican society throughout its modern history, asking why these ruptures occurred, why they mobilized Mexicans of all social classes, and why some led to significant political transformatio

Contents:

Preface: Debating history to face the present and imagine the future / John Tutino

Introduction: Crises, reforms, and revolutions in Mexico, past and present / Leticia Reina, Elisa Servin, and John Tutino

Communities. Of tempests and teapots : imperial crisis and local conflict in Mexico at the beginning of the nineteenth century / Eric Van Young ; The two-faced Janus : the pueblos and the origins of Mexican liberalism / Antonio Annino ; Local elections and regime crises : the political culture of indigenous peoples / Leticia Reina

Revolutions. Mexico from independence to revolution : the mutations of liberalism / Francois-Xavier Guerra ; Mexico's three Fin de Siecle crises / Alan Knight ; International wars, Mexico, and U.S. hegemony / Friedrich Katz ; The revolutionary capacity of rural communities : ecological autonomy and its demise / John Tutino

Contemporary crisis. The second coming of Mexican liberalism : a comparative perspective / Lorenzo Meyer ; Civil society and popular resistance : Mexico at the end of the twentieth century / Guillermo de la Pena ; The left in the neoliberal era / Enrique Semo ; Another turn of the screw : toward a new political order / Elisa Servin.

Notes:

Rev. and expanded Spanish text translated into English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612923296

9781282923294

1282923293

9780822389934

0822389932

OCLC:

271168145