Central Republic in Mexico 1835-46: 'Hombres de Bien' in the Age of Santa Anna: 73 (Cambridge Latin American Studies, Series Number 73)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: New Ed, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521530644, ISBN10: 0521530644
Paperback, 344 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm
Language: English
Much of the so-called Age of Santa Anna in the history of independent Mexico remains a mystery and no decade is less well understood than the years from 1835 to 1846. In 1834, the ruling elite of middle class hombres de bien concluded that a highly centralised republican government was the only solution to the turmoil and factionalism that had characterised the new nation since its emancipation from Spain in 1821. The central republic was thus set up in 1835, but once again civil strife, economic stagnation, and military coups prevailed until 1846, when a disastrous war with the United States began in which Mexico was to lose half of its national territory. This study explains the course of events and analyses why centralism failed, the issues and personalities involved, and the underlying pressures of economic and social change.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. An introduction
2. The end of federalism
3. The transition to centralism
stage I
4. The transition to centralism
stage II
5. Las Siete Leyes
6. Anastasio Bustamante and the centralist republic, 1837–9
7. Santa Anna versus Bustamante
the end of the Siete Leyes, 1839–41
8. 'La dictadur disfrazada con el hermoso nombre de regeneración polÃÂtica'
9. Santa Anna and the Bases Orgánicas
10. 'La revolución de tres horas'
11. Herrera and the rise of Paredes y Arrillaga
12. Hombres de bien and the restoration of federalism
Conclusion
Sources and works cited.