Mexico

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A magisterial history The Wall Street Journal this sweeping volume tells Mexico s story through the fascinating and sometimes volatile personalities that have shaped it 47 illustrations 4 maps Tells the story of Mexico through the fascinating and sometimes volatile personalities that have shaped it from the insurgent priests of the 19th century to the presidents of the 20th century This text presents an in depth portrait of Mexico s religion culture and politics The concentration of power in the caudillo leader is as much a formative element of Mexican culture and politics as the historical legacy of the Aztec emperors Cortez the Spanish Crown the Mother Church and the mixing of the Spanish and Indian population into a mestizo culture Krauze shows how history becomes biography during the century of caudillos from the insurgent priests in 1810 to Porfirio and the Revolution in 1910 The Revolutionary era ending in 1940 was dominated by the lives of seven presidents Madero Zapata Villa Carranza Obregon Calles and Cardenas Since 1940 the dominant power of the presidency has continued through years of boom and bust and crisis A major question for the modern state with today s president Zedillo is whether that power can be decentralized to end the cycles of history as biographies of power