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The Course of Mexican History has long been the leading textbook in the Mexican history course market. This seventh edition offers an up-to-date, lively, and engaging survey of Mexican history from pre-Columbian times to the present. Topics covered include pre-Columbian cultures, such as the Incas and the Mayas; life in Mexico under Spanish rule; Mexican-American relations; and Mexico's long struggle to democratize. New to this edition is coverage of the 2000 elections and the first years of Vicente Fox's presidency. Lavishly illustrated throughout, the text features 250 photographs and drawings, and 14 maps for ease of reference. The book is indispensable for students interested in Mexican history, politics, and culture.

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• Maps and Charts
• Preface
• I Pre-Columbian Mexico
• 1 The First Mexicans
• 2 Mexico's Golden Age: The Classic Period
• 3 Times of Trouble: Post-Classic Mexico
• 4 The Rise of the Aztecs
• 5 Aztec Society and Culture
• II The Spanish Conquerors
• 6 The Spanish Invasion
• 7 The Fall of Tenochtitlan
• 8 The Settlement of New Spain
• III The Colony of New Spain
• 9 The Imperial System Entrenched
• 10 The Colonial Economy
• 11 The Colonial Church
• 12 Colonial Society: Race and Social Status
• 13 Culture and Daily Life in New Spain
• IV Reform and Reaction: The Move to Independence
• 14 The Bourbons Restructure New Spain
• 15 Society and Stress in the Late Colonial Period
• 16 The Wars for Independence
• 17 The First Mexican Empire
• V The Trials of Nationhood, 1824-55
• 18 The Early Mexican Repulic, 1824-33
• 19 Santa Anna and the Centralized State
• 20 The Loss of Texas and the War with the United States
• 21 Society and Culture in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
• VI Liberals and Conservatives Search for Something Better, 1855-76
• 22 From Ayutla to the Reform
• 23 The French Intervention
• 24 The Restored Republic, 1867-76: Nascent Modernization
• 25 Society and Culture in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
• VII The Modernization of Mexico, 1876-1910
• 26 The Making of the Porfiriato
• 27 The Process of Modernization
• 28 The Costs of Modernization
• 29 Society and Culture during the Porfiriato
• VIII The Revolution: The Military Phase, 1910-20
• 30 The Liberal Indictment
• 31 The Overthrow of Diaz
• 32 Madero and the Failure of Democracy
• 33 Huerta and the Failure of Dictatorship
• 34 The Illusory Quest for a Better Way
• 35 Society and Culture during the Age of Violence
• IX The Revolution: The Constructive Phase, 1920-40
• 36 Alvaro Obregon Cautiously Implements the Constitution
• 37 Mexico under Plutarco Calles, 1924-34
• 38 Cardenas Carries the Revolution to the Left
• 39 Society and Culture from Obregon to Cardenas
• X The Revolution Shifts Gears and Runs Out of Gas: Mexico since 1940
• 40 From Revolution to Evolution, 1940-46
• 41 The Institutionalized Revolution, 1946-58
• 42 Adolfo Lopez Mateos: The Lull before the Storm, 1958-64
• 43 Sparks, Fire, and Smoldering, 1964-76
• 44 The Tensions of Development and Democratization, 1976-1988
• 45 Mexico Since 1988: The Post-Revolutionary Era
• 46 Society and Culture since World War II
• Appendix: Mexican Heads of State
• Sources of Illustrations
• Index

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