Porfirio Díaz /

Porfirio Díaz /

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Author / Creator:Garner, Paul H.
Imprint:Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
Description:ix, 269 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:Profiles in power
Profiles in power (London, England)
Subject:
Díaz, Porfirio, -- 1830-1915.
Díaz, Porfirio, -- 1830-1915
Politics and government
Mexico -- Politics and government -- 1867-1910.
Mexico.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4509574
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ISBN:0582292670 (limp : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-239) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1. Porfirio Diaz and Mexican Historiography: Porfirismo, Anti-Porfirismo and Neo-Porfirismo
  • Anti-Porfirismo
  • Porfirismo
  • Neo-Porfirismo
  • Chapter 2. The Foundations of Porfirian Mexico: Liberalism, Authoritarianism and the Patriotic Struggle, 1855-67
  • Provincial origins: Diaz and Oaxaca, 1830-55
  • Diaz's 'conversion' to liberalism
  • The authoritarian tradition: caudillismo and militarism
  • The entry into politics: the Revolution of Ayutla, 1854
  • National Guard commander and popular liberal, 1855-67
  • Chapter 3. The Long Road to the Presidency, 1867-76
  • The presidential campaign of 1867
  • The Diaz brothers in Oaxaca, 1867-71
  • The Rebellion of La Noria, 1871-72
  • The campaign against Lerdo, 1872-76
  • The Tuxtepec campaign, 1876
  • Chapter 4. Pragmatic Liberalism, 1876-84
  • The principles of Porfirian politics
  • The elections of 1880
  • The presidency of Manuel Gonzalez, 1880-84
  • Chapter 5. The Consolidation of Power: Patriarchal Liberalism, 1884-1911
  • Political practice after 1884
  • Elections and re-elections
  • Diaz and the governors
  • The military
  • The church
  • The press
  • The cult of personality
  • Pax porfiriana?
  • Chapter 6. Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and International Relations, 1876-1911
  • The parameters of foreign policy
  • Diaz and foreign policy
  • Mexico and the USA
  • Mexico and the European powers
  • The international image of Mexico in the Fiestas del Centenario, 1910
  • Chapter 7. Paying for Order and Progress: Economic Development, 1876-1911
  • The evolution of economic policy
  • Indicators of progress
  • Chapter 8. The Price of Order and Progress: The Decline and Fall of the Diaz Regime, 1900-11
  • Revolutionary historiography and the demise of the regime
  • The regional impact of Porfirian development
  • National political crisis
  • The Creelman interview, 1908
  • Anti-re-electionism and Maderismo
  • Epilogue and Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Chronology
  • Map: Mexico in the Diaz era
  • Index

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