Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico: Men, Women, and War

by Mark Wasserman

Book Overview

In this new and masterful synthesis, Wasserman shows the link between ordinary men and women-preoccupied with the demands of feeding, clothing, and providing shelter-and the elites' desire for a stable political order and an expanding economy.

The three key figures of nineteenth-century Mexico-Antonio L pez de Santa Ana, Benito Ju rez, and Porfirio D az-are engagingly reinterpreted. But the emphasis in this book is on the struggle of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826321712
• ISBN13: 9780826321718
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"