Santa Anna of Mexico /
Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country’s president, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant—the exclusive cause of all of Mexico’s misfortunes following the country’s independence f...
Clasificación: | F1232 S2.32 F6.84 |
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Formato: | Libro |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
2007.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Traitor, turncoat, and tyrant
- Pt.1. Santa Anna's early life, 1794-1823
- Between the volcano and the sea, 1794-1810
- An officer and a gentleman, 1810-1821
- Liberator of Veracruz, founder of the Republic, 1821-1823
- Pt. 2. The making of a caudillo, 1823-1832
- A federalist on the periphery, 1823-1825
- Among the Jarochos, 1825-1828
- General of tricks, 1828-1832
- Pt. 3. The returns of the phoenix, 1832-1841
- The absentee president, 1832-1835
- The warrior president, 1835-1837
- The landowner president, 1837-1841
- Pt. 4. A road paved with good intentions, 1841-1848
- The Santanista Project, 1841-1844
- Our man in Havana, 1844-1846
- The Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
- Pt. 5. The autumn of the patriarch, 1849-1876
- The man who would be king, 1849-1855
- The general in his labyrinth, 1856-1876
- Conclusion : "A Good Mexican