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1 online resource (xxxi, 279 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Prologue: History, Legend, and Lore; PART I: THE SPIDER IN THE WEB (1325-1810); 1 The First Two Conquests (1325, 1519); 2 The Mothers of Mexico and the Caste System; 3 The Spanish El Dorado (1521-1810); 4 The Two Californias; PART II: MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION (1810-1867); 5 Independence (1821) and the Texas Republic (1836); 6 Intervention (1846-1848); 7 The Mexican Lincoln and the Austrian Prince; PART III: DICTATORSHIP, REVOLUTION, AND CHAOS (1876-1929); 8 The Mixtec Indian Tsar (1876-1911). |
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9 The Revolution Turned Civil War (1910-1920)10 The Sonoran Dynasty (1920-1929); 11 The Americans-Extras and Bit Players; PART IV: THE ROAD TO DISASTER (1929-1985); 12 Gone With the Wind-Agrarian Reform (1917-1991); 13 Revolutionary Renaissance (1934-1940); 14 Oil-The National Patrimony of the People; 15 The Nation That Fell Asleep; 16 1968-Tlatelolco (The Unnecessary Massacre); 17 Two Bad Boys-The Mexican Miracle and the Buffoon; 18 The Final Blow; PART V: WINDS OF CHANGE (1988 TO PRESENT); 19 The Mexican Napoleon (1988-1994); 20 1994-The Perfect Storm; 21 A New Beginning. |
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22 Populism and the Mexican MessiahPART VI: THE TROIKA OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE CULTURE REVOLUTION; 23 Lying By Omission (A Half-truth is a Total Lie); 24 NAFTA; 25 The War on Drugs; 26 Immigration; 27 Immigration South; 28 The Cross-Culture Revolution; Epilogue; Appendix 1: Mexican Constitution of 1917: Introduction; Appendix 2: Mexican Constitution of 1917: Agrarian Reform, Public and Private Property; Appendix 3: Mexican Constitution of 1917: Xenophobia toward Foreigners; Appendix 4: Mexican Constitution of 1917: Non-Reelection Clauses. |
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Appendix 5: The History of Land Reform: 1910-1934Appendix 6: NAFTA: Preamble and Article 102; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author. |
| Summary |
A compelling reflection on Mexico. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mexico -- History.
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Mexico. |
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History. |
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Butterfield, Beldon, 1935- Mexico behind the mask. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2013 9781612344263 (DLC) 2012034676 (OCoLC)795759575 |
| ISBN |
9781612344270 |
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1612344275 |
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9781612344263 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1612344267 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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