Although Mexico began its national life in the 1821 as one of the
most liberal democracies in the world, it ended the century with an
authoritarian regime. Examining this defining process,
distinguished historians focus on the evolution of Mexican
liberalism from the perspectives of politics, the military, the
Church, and the economy. Based on extensive archival research, the
chapters demonstrate that despite widely held assumptions
liberalism was not an alien ideology unsuited to Mexico's
traditional, conservative, and multiethnic society. On the
contrary, liberalism in New Spain arose from Hispanic culture,
which drew upon a shared European tradition reaching back to
ancient Greece. This volume provides the first systematic
exploration of the evolution of Mexican liberal traditions in the
nineteenth century. The chapters assess the changes in liberal
ideology, the nature of federalism, efforts to create stability
with a liberal monarchy in the 1860s, the Church's accommodation to
the new liberal order, the role of the army and of the civil
militias, the liberal tax system, and attempts to modernize the
economy in the latter part of the century. Taken together, these
essays provide a nuanced and comprehensive analysis of the
transformation of liberalism in Mexico. Contributions by: Christon
I. Archer, William H. Beezley, Marcello Carmagnani, Manuel Chust,
Brian Connaughton, Robert H. Duncan, Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Alicia
Hernandez Chavez, Sandra Kuntz Ficker, Andres Resendez, Jaime E.
Rodriguez O., and Jose Antonio Serrano Ortega"
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