The fall of Porfirio Diaz has traditionally been presented as a watershed between old and new: an old style repressive and conservative government, and the more democratic and representative system that flowered in the wake of the Mexican Revolution. Now this view is being challenged by a new generation of historians, who point out that Diaz originally rose to power in alliance with anti-conservative forces and was a modernising force as well as a dictator. Drawing together the threads of this revisionist reading of the Porfiriato, Garner reassesses a political career that spanned more...
The fall of Porfirio Diaz has traditionally been presented as a watershed between old and new: an old style repressive and conservative government, an...
The long nineteenth century was a time of powerful tensions in the Hispanic Atlantic corridor, with Latin American republics, many newly independent, clashing repeatedly with Spain and its interests. But that was only part of the story, as this collection reveals. Though debates were fierce, there was nonetheless crucial ongoing dialogue between the Spanish intelligentsia and that of the Latin American republics, ensuring that ideas and innovations flowed between the nations and further cemented their cultural ties even as their political ones became more attenuated.
The long nineteenth century was a time of powerful tensions in the Hispanic Atlantic corridor, with Latin American republics, many newly independent, ...
