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Eric Van Young
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
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Part I Youth
- 1 • An Old and Distinguished Family 13
- 2 • A Silver-Plated Youth (1792–1815) 30
- 3 • Years of Pilgrimage, First Steps in Politics, and a Betrothal (1816–1823) 65
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Part II The Statesman Emerges
- 4 • The Spanish Cortes and a Final Sojourn in Paris (1821–1822) 85
- 5 • Brothers 123
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Part III Into the Maelstrom (1823–1825)
- 6 • The Meanings of Anarchy 139
- 7 • Domestic Tranquility 188
- 8 • Diplomacy 215
- 9 • The Poinsett Saga 232
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Part IV Making Money
- 10 • Shafted The United Mexican Mining Association (1824–1830) 255
- 11 • Managing the Feudal Remnant Alamán and the Duque (1824–1853) 307
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Part V High Tide of Power, Fall, and Internal Exile(1830–1834)
- 12 • An Ordered and Prosperous Republic 355
- 13 • Texas 410
- 14 • The Banco de Avío 442
- 15 • The War of the South and the Death of Guerrero 465
- 16 • The Reckoning 483
- 17 • Weaving Disaster Cocolapan (1836–1843) 521
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Part VI Alamánat Midlife, Brief Return to Power, Last Days(1835–1853)
- 18 • Politics and Family 551
- 19 • Texas, Santa Anna, and War 569
- 20 • The Monarchist Plot and the US Invasion 592
- 21 • City, Congress, Wealth, Health 611
- 22 • Santa Anna Returns, Alamán Exits 632
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Part VII Lucas Alamán the Historian
- 23 • Getting the Historia Written 651
- 24 • What Is in the Historia de Méjico? 680
- Epilogue: On Decolonization and Modernization 707
- Notes 717
- Bibliography 787
- Index 819
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction 1
-
Part I Youth
- 1 • An Old and Distinguished Family 13
- 2 • A Silver-Plated Youth (1792–1815) 30
- 3 • Years of Pilgrimage, First Steps in Politics, and a Betrothal (1816–1823) 65
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Part II The Statesman Emerges
- 4 • The Spanish Cortes and a Final Sojourn in Paris (1821–1822) 85
- 5 • Brothers 123
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Part III Into the Maelstrom (1823–1825)
- 6 • The Meanings of Anarchy 139
- 7 • Domestic Tranquility 188
- 8 • Diplomacy 215
- 9 • The Poinsett Saga 232
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Part IV Making Money
- 10 • Shafted The United Mexican Mining Association (1824–1830) 255
- 11 • Managing the Feudal Remnant Alamán and the Duque (1824–1853) 307
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Part V High Tide of Power, Fall, and Internal Exile(1830–1834)
- 12 • An Ordered and Prosperous Republic 355
- 13 • Texas 410
- 14 • The Banco de Avío 442
- 15 • The War of the South and the Death of Guerrero 465
- 16 • The Reckoning 483
- 17 • Weaving Disaster Cocolapan (1836–1843) 521
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Part VI Alamánat Midlife, Brief Return to Power, Last Days(1835–1853)
- 18 • Politics and Family 551
- 19 • Texas, Santa Anna, and War 569
- 20 • The Monarchist Plot and the US Invasion 592
- 21 • City, Congress, Wealth, Health 611
- 22 • Santa Anna Returns, Alamán Exits 632
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Part VII Lucas Alamán the Historian
- 23 • Getting the Historia Written 651
- 24 • What Is in the Historia de Méjico? 680
- Epilogue: On Decolonization and Modernization 707
- Notes 717
- Bibliography 787
- Index 819