A Brief History of Mexico, Fourth Edition

by Lynn V. Foster

Overview

Cover the developments in Mexico. This title includes: Mexico's pre-Columbian civilizations as well as contemporary indigenous cultures; The environment; North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); and, The war on the drug cartels.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816074068
Publisher:	Facts on File, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/01/2009
Series:	Facts on File Brief History Series
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations iv

List of Maps v

List of Tables vi

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

1 The First Peoples: Pre-Columbian Mexico 1

2 Diversity of Mesoamerican Civilization 23

3 The Age of Conquest 45

4 The Founding of an Empire: Sixteenth-Century Mexico 61

5 The Colony of New Spain 81

6 The Bourbon Reforms and Independence (1700-1821) 101

7 Years of Chaos (1823-1876) 117

8 The Porfiriato Dictatorship (1876-1910) 143

9 The Revolution of 1910 (1910-1940) 161

10 The Institutionalized Revolution (1940-1988) 193

11 The March toward Democracy (1988-2000) 223

12 The More Democratic Mexico (2000-2009) 241

Appendixes

1 Basic Facts about Mexico 273

2 Chronology 277

3 Bibliography 285

4 Suggested Reading 291

Index 311