Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 270
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7425-5602-7 • Paperback • August 2007 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
978-0-7425-7167-9 • eBook • March 2003 • $50.00 • (£38.00)
Christon I. Archer is professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary.
Introduction
Chapter 1: In the Gloomy Caverns of Paganism: Popular Culture, Insurgency, and Nation-Building in Mexico, 1800–1821
Chapter 2: An "Absurd Insurrection"? Creole Insecurity, Pro-Spanish Propaganda, and the Hidalgo Revolt
Chapter 3: The Conspiracies of 1811: How the Criollos Learned to Organize in Secret
Chapter 4: A Mercantile Family Confronts War and Insurrection: The Iturbe e Iraetas in the Era of Mexican Independence
Chapter 5: Years of Decision: Félix Calleja and the Strategy to End the Revolution of New Spain
Chapter 6: Mexican Mining and Independence: The Saga of Enticing Opportunities
Chapter 7: The Millennium and Mexican Independence: Some Interpretations
Chapter 8: Agustín de Iturbide and the Process of Consensus
Chapter 9: The Struggle for Dominance: The Legislature versus the Executive in Early Mexico
Bibliography
Christon I. Archer, the volume's editor, provides a lively overview of the independence era in his introductory chapter, emphasizing the multiple fractures of colonial society, enduring conflicts between Mexico City and the regions, the often confused responses of different social groups to events in Europe, and, above all, the colonial elite's altogether pessimistic assessment of the common folk they encountered.
— Jennie Purnell, Boston College; Latin American Research Review
A real contribution, The Birth of Modern Mexico will bring scholars and students to engage new complexities in a time of fundamental conflict and transformation.
— John Tutino, Georgetown University
This is an extraordinarily useful book. I am eager to use it in my classes.
— Lyman L. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte