Santa Anna of Mexico - Rilegato

Fowler, Will

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ISBN 10: 0803211201 ISBN 13: 9780803211209

Casa editrice: Univ of Nebraska Pr, 2007

Riassunto

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 provincialcriollo, 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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L'autore:

Will Fowler is a professor of Latin American studies at the University of St. Andrews. His books includeMexico in the Age of Proposals, 1821–1853, Tornel and Santa Anna: The Writer and the Caudillo, Mexico, 1795–1853, andLatin America, 1800–2000.

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Book by Fowler Will

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Nebraska Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0803211201
• ISBN 13: 9780803211209
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 501