num_pages: 330
description: No struggle has been more contentious or of longer duration in Mexican national history than that between a centripetal power in the capital and the centrifugal federalism of the Mexican states. Much as they do in the United States, such tensions still endure in Mexico, despite the centralizing effect of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20.
language: English
title: Forging Mexico, 1821-1835
titlecomplete: Forging Mexico, 1821-1835
characters: Antonio López de Santa Anna
ratings_count: 6
publisher: University of Nebraska Press