Santa Anna of Mexico Will Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Will, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Generals--Mexico--Biography.

Generals.

Presidents--Mexico--Biography.

Presidents.

Mexico--History--1821-1861.

Mexico.

Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Santa Anna is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. This book provides a picture of Santa Anna's life, with new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements.

Contents:

Between the volcano and the sea, 1794-1810

An officer and a gentleman, 1810-1821

Liberator of Veracruz, founder of the Republic, 1821-1823

The making of a caudillo, 1823-1832

A federalist on the periphery, 1823-1825

Among the Jarochos, 1825-1828

General of tricks, 1828-1832

The return of the phoenix, 1832-1841

The absentee president, 1832-1835

The warrior president, 1835-1837

The landowner president, 1837-1841

A road paved with good intentions, 1841-1848

The Santanista Project, 1841-1844

Our man in Havana, 1844-1846

The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848

The autumn of the patriarch, 1849-1876

The man who would be king, 1849-1855

The general in his labyrinth, 1856-1876

"A Good Mexican."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-475) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786611092115

9781281092113

1281092118

9780803256460

0803256469

OCLC:

476102217