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1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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1. An introduction: change and continuity in the Age of Santa Anna -- 2. The end of federalism -- 3. The transition to centralism: stage I -- 4. The transition to centralism: stage II -- 5. Las Siete Leyes -- 6. Anastasio Bustamante and the centralist republic, 1837-1839 -- 7. Santa Anna versus Bustamante: the end of the Siete Leyes, 1839-1841 -- 8. 'La dictadura disfrazada con el hermoso nombre de regeneracion politica' -- 9. Santa Anna and the Bases Organicas -- 10. 'La revolucion de tres horas' -- 11. Herrera and the rise of Paredes y Arrillaga -- 12. Hombres de bien and the restoration of federalism -- 13. Conclusion. |
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Much of the so-called Age of Santa Anna in the history of independent Mexico remains a mystery and no decade is less well understood than the years from 1835 to 1846. In 1834, the ruling elite of middle class hombres de bien concluded that a highly centralised republican government was the only solution to the turmoil and factionalism that had characterised the new nation since its emancipation from Spain in 1821. The central republic was thus set up in 1835, but once again civil strife, economic stagnation, and military coups prevailed until 1846, when a disastrous war with the United States began in which Mexico was to lose half of its national territory. This study explains the course of events and analyses why centralism failed, the issues and personalities involved, and the underlying pressures of economic and social change. |
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9780511529078 (ebook) |
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