In this study, Charles Weeks explains the creation and transformation of on the most powerful secular myths in the Western world, that of Benito Juarez Mexico. The liberal president of Mexico became, and continues to be, a national icon.

Spanish imperial attempts to form strong Indian alliances to thwart American expansion in the Mississippi Valley.Charles Weeks explores the diplomacy of Spanish colonial officials in New Orleans and Natchez in order to establish posts on the Mississippi River and Tombigbee rivers in the early 1790s. Another purpose of this diplomacy, urged by Indian leaders and embraced by Spanish officials, was the formation of a regional Indian confederation that would deter American expansion into Indian lands.
Weeks shows how diplomatic relations were established and maintained in the Gulf South...