The divine charter
Subtitle: constitutionalism and liberalism in nineteenth-century Mexico
By: edited by Jaime E. Rodríguez O.
Contributors: Rodríguez O., Jaime E., 1940-
Series: Latin American silhouettes
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Constitutional history -- Mexico; Liberalism -- Mexico -- History -- 19th century; Mexico -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Description: "Although Mexico began its national life in 1821 as one of the most liberal democracies in the world, it ended the century with an authoritarian regime. Examining this defining process, distinguished historians focus on the evolution of Mexican liberalism from the perspectives of politics, the military, the Church, and the economy. Based on extensive archival research, the chapters demonstrate that - despite widely held assumptions - liberalism was not an alien ideology unsuited to Mexico's traditional, conservative, and multiethnic society. On the contrary, liberalism in New Spain arose from Hispanic culture, which drew upon a shared European tradition reaching back to ancient Greece."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-380) and index.
Table of contents: title: From res publicae to republic : the evolution of republicanism in early Mexico / Alicia Hernández Chávez; title: "Ningún pueblo es superior a otro" : Oaxaca and Mexican federalism / Jaime E. Rodríguez O.; title: Masonic connections, pecuniary interests, and institutional development along Mexico's far north / Andrés Reséndez; title: Maximilian and the construction of the liberal state, 1863-1866 / Robert H. Duncan; title: Kaleidoscopic views of liberalism triumphant, 1862-1895 / William H. Beezley; title: The Enemy within : Catholics and liberalism in independent Mexico, 1821-1860 / Brian Connaughton; title: The militarization of politics or the politicization of the military? : the novohispano and Mexican officer corps, 1810-1830 / Christon I. Archer; title: Armed citizens : the civic militia in the origins of the Mexican national state, 1812-1827 / Manuel Chust; title: Cádiz liberalism and public finances : the direct contributions   in Mexico, 1810-1835 / José Antonio Serrano Ortega; title: The vectors of liberal economic culture in Mexico / Marcello Carmagnani; title: The import trade policy of the liberal regime in Mexico, 1870-1900 / Sandra Kuntz Ficker.