El virreinato: Expansión y defensa

El investigador reunió a un grupo de especialistas para estudiar la naturaleza del presidencialismo en México y comparar las políticas de quienes gobernaron el país a lo largo de los siglos XIX y XX, con hincapié en su relación con el Poder Legislativo. El primer tomo está dedicado a quienes gobernaron México en el siglo XIX. Así, Guadalupe Victoria, Antonio López de Santa Ana, Benito Juárez, Porfirio Díaz, son protagonistas de capítulos donde, sin ignorar los rasgos biográficos, se explican los contextos sociopolíticos en que gobernaron.

From reviews of the Spanish edition: “Meyer’s perceptive commentary on Mexican power politics presents new insights into the petroleum lobbies in Mexico City and Washington. With unbiased empathy he shows the validity of Mexico’s complaints about foreigners’ deriving an overabundance of profit from a nonrenewable natural resource. He understands United States history and never abuses his license to criticize.” —Hispanic American Historical Review “This useful addition to the literature on twentieth-century Mexican–United States diplomatic relations is a scholarly work, worthy...

Esta obra compila las miradas de 20 historiadores sobre la "revolucionaria" década de 1860. Enfocando tres regiones distintas -América del Norte, del Sur y Europa- explora las formas en que sociedades diferentes enfrentaron una serie de transformaciones compartidas, que dislocaron y reconstituyeron el mundo que conocían

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