In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution

Contemporary Mexican History, 1910–1989

Héctor Aguilar Camín, Lorenzo Meyer, Luis Alberto Fierro

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9780292704510
• eBook ISBN: 9780292792333
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Mexican History
• Index: History

An authoritative and comprehensive history of post-revolutionary Mexico by two of the country's leading intellectuals.
Héctor Aguilar Camín and Lorenzo Meyer set out to fill a void in the literature on Mexican history: the lack of a single text to cover the history of Mexico during the twentieth century. In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution, covers the Mexican Revolution itself, the gradual consolidation of institutions, the Cárdenas regime, the "Mexican economic miracle" and its subsequent collapse, and the recent transition toward a new historical period.
The authors explore Mexico's turbulent recent history as it becomes increasingly intertwined with that of the United States. First published in Spanish as A la sombra de la Revolución Mexicana, this English-language edition offers US readers an intelligent and accessible study of their neighbor to the south.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• 1. In the Path of Madero: 1910–1913
• 2. The Revolutions Are the Revolution: 1913–1920
• 3. From the Caudillo to the Maximato: 1920–1934
• 4. The Cardenista Utopia: 1934–1940
• 5. The Mexican Miracle: 1940–1968
• 6. The Fading of the Miracle: 1968–1984
• 7. The Beginning of a Painful Transition
• Bibliography
• Index