A Concise History of Mexico (Cambridge Concise Histories)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 3, 1/31/2019
EAN 9781316626610, ISBN10: 131662661X
Paperback, 570 pages, 21.3 x 19.3 x 3 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This concise history looks at Mexico from political, economic, and cultural perspectives, portraying Mexico's struggle to break out of the colonial past and assert its viability as a sovereign state in a competitive world. In this third edition, Hamnett adds new material on Mexico's regional and international roles as they have emerged in the twenty-first century, including membership of supra-national organizations (including and moving beyond NAFTA), the Mexican drug war between government officials and gangs, and the immigration and border crises within the United States. He also discusses Mexico's relationship to the outside world, particularly its efforts to broaden the range of political and commercial associations, especially with European countries, the rest of Latin America, and the Pacific Rim through trade agreements with supra-national organizations.
1. Mexico in perspective
2. The pre-Columbian era
3. The European incursion, 1519–1620
4. New Spain, 1620–1770
Spanish colonialism and American society
5. Destabilization and fragmentation, 1770–1867
6. Reconstruction, 1867–1940
7. The monopoly party, 1940–2000
8. Cultural developments since independence
9. The changing face of the Republic
10. Mexico in the world
international relations, 2000–2016
Final remarks
Bibliography
Index.