Santa Anna of Mexico
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Santa Anna of Mexico

  1. 528 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Santa Anna of Mexico

About this book

Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794–1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country’s president, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant—the exclusive cause of all of Mexico’s misfortunes following the country’s independence from Spain. He is also, as this biography makes clear, grossly misrepresented.
 
Drawing on seventeen years of research into the politics of independent Mexico, Will Fowler provides a revised picture of Santa Anna’s life, with new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements. The Santa Anna who emerges from this book is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. His extraordinary story is that of a middle-class provincial criollo, a high-ranking officer, an arbitrator, a dedicated landowner, and a political leader who tried to prosper personally and help his country develop at a time of severe and repeated crises, as the colony that was New Spain gave way to a young, troubled, besieged, and beleaguered Mexican nation.
 
Deconstructing the myths surrounding Santa Anna’s life, the book offers a fresh view of a critical chapter in Mexico’s history.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction: Traitor, Turncoat, and Tyrant
  6. Part 1: Santa Anna's Early Life, 1794-1823
  7. Part 2: The Making of a Caudillo, 1823-1832
  8. Part 3: The Returns of the Phoenix, 1832-1841
  9. Part 4: A Road Paved with Good Intentions, 1841-1848
  10. Part 5: The Autumn of the Patriarch, 1849-1876
  11. Conclusion: "A Good Mexican"
  12. Chronology
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index