Stormy Passage

Mexico from Colony to Republic, 1750-1850

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvEric Van Young

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In this engaging book, Eric Van Young traces the political, economic, and social development of Mexico through the crucial one hundred years of its remarkable transition from a relatively prosperous Spanish colony to a violently unstable republic marked by economic stagnation, political confrontation, and burgeoning efforts at modernization. Featuring primary sources from figures of the period, Van Young discusses the political instability of the period—internal warfare, military uprisings, intermittent dictatorships, sharp conflicts among political groupings—and attributes them to a belief by political actors in the fundamental lack of legitimacy in central government institutions after the sweeping away of the Bourbon imperial structure and its replacement first with a very short-lived Mexican empire followed by a series of increasingly authoritarian aspirational republican constitutions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-05-11
Mått161 x 237 x 25 mm
Vikt667 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor358
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442209015

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Van Young, a noted Mexicanist, here details a century of Mexican history, spanning 1750–1850. He focuses on Mexico’s often stormy transition from colony to nation and posits that his contribution is more of an “extended interpretive synthetic essay” than a general survey text. This is an apt way to cast the title as it is expansive in scope yet offers significant insight from a noted scholar who has made a career of studying this period. The work is friendly to readers who may have minimal historical knowledge of Mexico’s past, and the analysis and compact nature of the narrative offers more advanced students and scholars new ways in which to interpret this critical period. There is much to unpack, ranging from decolonization and the impact on Mexican society to the successes and failures of modernization. Van Young’s work has a place on the bookshelves of anyone interested in Latin American or Mexican history. It can also serve as a core or supplemental text for relevant courses. Recommended.