Title: "We are now the true Spaniards" : sovereignty, revolution, independence, and the emergence of the Federal Republic of Mexico, 1808-1824 /
Authors: Rodríguez O., Jaime E., 1940-
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Mexico Politics and government; Mexico History; Mexico Politics and government
Abstract: This book is a radical reinterpretation of the process that led to Mexican independence in 1821 - one that emphasizes Mexico's continuity with Spanish political culture. During its final decades under Spanish rule, New Spain was the most populous, richest, and most developed part of the worldwide Spanish monarchy, and most novohispanos (people of New Spain) believed that their religious, social, economic, and political ties to the monarchy made union preferable to separation.
Contents: A shared political culture -- The collapse of the Spanish monarchy -- The events of 1809 -- Two revolutions -- The Cádiz Revolution -- A fragmented insurgency -- Separation -- The Mexican Empire -- The formation of the federal republic.