Synopses & Reviews
Based on the belief that peoplenot institutionsmake history, this narrative of the history of the Mexican people examines the challenges they have faced since gaining their independence, telling of their resilience and creative character during the years of political and economic changes.
El Gran Pueblo examines national boundaries not as barriers, but as the setting of complex interactions, resulting in the convergence of cultures; and, in doing so, reveals the Mexican experience not only in Mexico but in what is today the southwestern United States.
Material new to the Third Edition includes: - New information on the culture of Porfirian elites in the 1890s, including popular music of the time.
- Issues of crime, especially celebrity kidnapping and corruption, as challenges to governability of Mexico today.
- Discussion of the monumental presidential election of 2000 and the administration of Vicente Fox.
- Discussion of cultural convergence at the community level in today's border region.
Synopsis
Based on the belief that people—not institutions—make history, this book looks at the challenges that the Mexican people have faced since independence, and tells the story of their resiliency and creative character during the years of political and economic change, resulting in a book that reveals the Mexican experience not only in Mexico, but in what is today the southwestern United States. Topically, this book examines national boundaries not as barriers, but as the setting of complex interactions resulting in the convergence of cultures. It discusses the Mexican experience according to the major political, economic, cultural, and social watersheds that have occurred through time. For employees in corporations and businesses that deal with Mexican trade, as it provides understanding of the Mexican people and their culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
1. Collapse and Survival.
2. Centrifugal Forces.
3. Liberalism Defined.
4. Porfirio Díaz Triumphant.
5. The Porfiriato.
6. Prelude to Revolution.
7. Making a Revolution: The Borderlands Emerge, 1905—1917.
8. Making a Revolution Work: Part I, 1917—1927.
9. Making a Revolution Work: Part II, 1927—1937.
10. The Revolution Becomes the Miracle, 1937—1946.
11. The Miracle: Its Zenith and Decline, 1946—1972.
12. After the Miracle: “A Day Without the Revolution, 1972—1996.”
Converging Cultures: New Century, New President.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.