Mexico biography of power
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Mexico: Biography of power
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 to Porfirio and the Revolution in The Revolutionary era, ending in , was dominated by the lives of seven presidents -- Madero, Zapata, Villa, Carranza, Obregon, Calles and Cardenas. Since , 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.
Edition:
· Mexico: Biography of Power. A History of Modern Mexico, , translated by Hank Heifetz, New York, Harper Collins, , pp.
Reviews:
· Publishers Weekly, No. , May 3rd,
· T. R. Fehrenbach, The Wilson Quarterly, spring , pp.
· David Gaddis Smith, The San Diego Union Tribune, June 1st,
· Gary Smith, Business Week, June 16,
· Barbara Belejack, The Boston Globe, June 22,
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Mexico: Biography of Power
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 to Porfirio and the Revolution in The Revolutionary era, ending in , was dominated by the lives of seven presidents -- Madero, Zapata, Villa, Carranza, Obregon, Calles and Cardenas. Since , 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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MEXICO: BIOGRAPHY Chief POWER
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