TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krauze,Enrique
AU  - Heifetz,Hank
TI  - Mexico: biography of power: a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996 
SN  - 0060163259
AV  - 112 F 1231.5 K91m 1997
U1  - 972/.04 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - HarperCollinsPublishers
KW  - Mexico
KW  - History
KW  - 1810-
KW  - México
KW  - Historia
KW  - Siglo XIX
KW  - Siglo XX
N1  - Translated from the Spanish; Includes bibliographical references (p. [799]-854) and index; Introduction: Past, present and future -- Centenary fiestas -- Grito -- Paseo and the city -- Revolution -- Weight of the past: Children of Cuauhtâemoc -- Legacy of Cortes -- Mestizo family -- Spanish crown -- Mother church -- Century of caudillos: Insurgent priests -- Collapse of the Creoles -- Indian shepherd and the Austrian archduke -- Triumph of the Mestizo -- Revolution: Francisco I. Madero: Apostle of democracy -- Emiliano Zapata: Born anarchist -- Francisco Villa: Between angel and iron -- Venusians Carranza: Nationalism and the constitution -- Alvaro Obregon: Death and the general -- Plutarco Elias Calles: Reform from the roots -- Lazaro Cardenas: Missionary general -- Modern state: Manuel Avila Camacho: Gentleman president -- Miguel Aleman: Businessman president and the system -- Adolfo Ruiz Cortines: Administrator -- Adolfo Lopez Mateos: Orator -- Gustavo Diaz Ordaz: Advocate of order -- Past and future: Decline of the system: Preacher -- Gambler -- Lost opportunities -- Man who would be king -- Theater of history
N2  - Shows how history becomes biography and the integral role of Mexico's leaders in the events of the nineteenth century, explores the seven presidents of the revolutionary era of 1910-1940, and examines the nation's modern presidency
ER  -