The diary of America's consul to the early Mexican republic
When David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, arrived as U.S. consul general in Mexico City in 1879, Mexico and its society, only a decade removed from French occupation, were initially struggling with questions of national order and stability, with maintenance of independence, and with all aspects of modernization. Achieving these goals without sacrificing its patrimony to imperialistic powers, which had capital to invest, proved to be difficult for Mexico and pushed the nation's quest for...
The diary of America's consul to the early Mexican republic
When David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, ar...
A comprehensive constitutional and political study of a new state's fiercely contested establishment during the Civil War era
When western Virginians separated from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form West Virginia, the distinctive action reflected five decades of deep dissatisfaction with the Commonwealth's regressive constitution and the governmental procedures that protected slavery. The westerners' creation of a new state was revolutionary in the context of U. S. statecraft. New constitutional approaches and laws addressed past wrongs and the realities of war....
A comprehensive constitutional and political study of a new state's fiercely contested establishment during the Civil War era ...
