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Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico: Men, Women, and War

Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico: Men, Women, and War

by Mark Wasserman

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

This brief social history of Mexico from independence to the revolution focuses on village life and the struggles of everyday people. Organized in three sections: The Age of Troubles, The Age of Civil Wars, and The Age of Order and Progress. He includes quotes and comments from contemporary observers, including he wonderful Calderon de la Barca. Wasserman is a history professor at Rutgers.  (MEX140, $29.95)


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