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Mexico: Biography of Power Paperback - 1998

by Enrique Krauze

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.


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A History of Modern Mexico, 1810-1996

"A magisterial history. . . . Will surely stand for many years as the standard history of postcolonial Mexico." -- Wall Street Journal

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. Enrique 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.

First line

Mexico, September 1910, and a double cause for celebration: the cente of the War of Independence and the eightieth birthday of President Porfirio Diaz.

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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.

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  • Title Mexico: Biography of Power
  • Author Enrique Krauze
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Revised
  • Pages 896
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, NY
  • Date 1998-06-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780060929176 / 0060929170
  • Weight 2.09 lbs (0.95 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.16 x 6.4 x 1.56 in (23.27 x 16.26 x 3.96 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Cultural Region: Mexican
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Mexico
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96033046
  • Dewey Decimal Code 972

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  • New York Times, 08/30/1998, Page 24
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