Record details

• ISBN: 0520011805
• ISBN: 9780520011809
• Physical Description: xiii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 24 cm
• Edition: 4th ed. rev.
• Publisher: Berkeley, University of California Press, 1966.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-379).

Formatted Contents Note:

Many Mexicos -- The tyrant -- Hernan Cortes -- Gangster interlude -- The upright judges -- Don Antonio de Mendoza -- Don Luis de Velasco -- The friars -- Towns, Spanish and Indian -- Work in utopia -- The second generation -- The silver age -- Tumult and shouting -- Transport and communication -- The secular church -- Education and letters -- The holy office -- The benevolent despots -- The great mutiny -- Santa Anna's leg -- Hidalgos -- Juarez, the man of law -- The rise and fall of Don Porfirio -- This strange, eventful history -- The revolution comes of age -- The welfare state: mainly political -- The welfare state: mainly economic.

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Subject:

Mexico > History.
Mexico > Civilization.
Civilization.
Mexico.
Agriculture > Mexico.
Church and society > Mexico.
Cities and towns > Mexico.
Economic conditions > Mexico.
Indigenous peoples > Mexico.
Political movements > Mexico.

Genre:

History.