William H. Beezley is Professor of History, The University of Arizona.

02/02/2026

• About the EditorAcknowledgmentsTable of Contents Contributors IntroductionWilliam Beezley 1. Rethinking the Spanish-Aztec War of 1519-1521Matthew Restall and John F. Schwaller 2. Social and Ecological Impacts of Conquest and Colonization in New SpainVera S. Candiani 3. The Social Lives of Documents: Sacred Papers in Viceregal PueblosEthelia Ruiz Medrano and Byron Hamann 4. The Catechism: A Malleable Means to Disparate Ends (1750-1850)Brian Connaughton 5. Colonial Community LifeJoan Bristol 6. Key Books and Documents: Francisco Xavier Clavigero's Historia AntiguaAna Carolina Ibarra 7. From Emancipation to Independence: New Spain/Mexico, 1808-1821Roberto Breña 8. Matters of Life and Death: Biographies at the Beginning of Independent Mexico, 1820sKaren Racine 9. The Early Republic and Santa AnnaBarbara A. Tenenbaum 10. The US-Mexican War Bruce Winders 11. Juarez, Maximilian, and the French Intervention in MexicoMichael Hogan 12. The Porfirian Years (1876-1911)Michael Matthews 13. Porfirian ModernizationAurora Gomez Galvarriato Free 14. Romanticism in MexicoLaura Shelton 15. Foreign Travelers' Accounts and Fanny Calderón de la Barca's Life in MexicoLourdes Parra Lazcano 16. Educating the Nation's YouthElena Jackson Albarrán 17. The National Museum of Mexico in the Porfirian Era, 1876-1911Seonaid Valiant 18. Promoting Mexico's International Image: Universal Exhibitions and World's FairsMatthew D. Esposito 19. Regionalism in MexicoWilliam Beezley 20. The Mexican RevolutionColby Ristow 21. Religion and Revolution, Mexico: 1910-1940Ben Fallaw 22. Embodied Imagined Communities: Forging National Identity Through the Viejitos DanceRuth Hellier-Tinoco 23. Revolution and the CristerosJulia G. Young 24. Standardized Education with Free TextbooksEugenia Roldán Vera, Susana Quintanilla 25. Mexico and World War IIHalbert Jones 26. Myth and Reality of the Mexican Economic Miracle, 1946-1982Ryan Alexander 27. Political Opposition and Democratization, 1968-2000Ariel Rodríguez Kuri 28. Disaster: Student Massacre, 1968, to Earthquake, 1985Ageeth Sluis 29. Mexican ElitesDennis Gilbert 30. Mexico's Democratic Transition and Consolidation since 1977Stephen E. Lewis Index

William H. Beezley is Professor of History, The University of Arizona.

02/02/2026

• About the EditorAcknowledgmentsTable of Contents Contributors IntroductionWilliam Beezley 1. Rethinking the Spanish-Aztec War of 1519-1521Matthew Restall and John F. Schwaller 2. Social and Ecological Impacts of Conquest and Colonization in New SpainVera S. Candiani 3. The Social Lives of Documents: Sacred Papers in Viceregal PueblosEthelia Ruiz Medrano and Byron Hamann 4. The Catechism: A Malleable Means to Disparate Ends (1750-1850)Brian Connaughton 5. Colonial Community LifeJoan Bristol 6. Key Books and Documents: Francisco Xavier Clavigero's Historia AntiguaAna Carolina Ibarra 7. From Emancipation to Independence: New Spain/Mexico, 1808-1821Roberto Breña 8. Matters of Life and Death: Biographies at the Beginning of Independent Mexico, 1820sKaren Racine 9. The Early Republic and Santa AnnaBarbara A. Tenenbaum 10. The US-Mexican War Bruce Winders 11. Juarez, Maximilian, and the French Intervention in MexicoMichael Hogan 12. The Porfirian Years (1876-1911)Michael Matthews 13. Porfirian ModernizationAurora Gomez Galvarriato Free 14. Romanticism in MexicoLaura Shelton 15. Foreign Travelers' Accounts and Fanny Calderón de la Barca's Life in MexicoLourdes Parra Lazcano 16. Educating the Nation's YouthElena Jackson Albarrán 17. The National Museum of Mexico in the Porfirian Era, 1876-1911Seonaid Valiant 18. Promoting Mexico's International Image: Universal Exhibitions and World's FairsMatthew D. Esposito 19. Regionalism in MexicoWilliam Beezley 20. The Mexican RevolutionColby Ristow 21. Religion and Revolution, Mexico: 1910-1940Ben Fallaw 22. Embodied Imagined Communities: Forging National Identity Through the Viejitos DanceRuth Hellier-Tinoco 23. Revolution and the CristerosJulia G. Young 24. Standardized Education with Free TextbooksEugenia Roldán Vera, Susana Quintanilla 25. Mexico and World War IIHalbert Jones 26. Myth and Reality of the Mexican Economic Miracle, 1946-1982Ryan Alexander 27. Political Opposition and Democratization, 1968-2000Ariel Rodríguez Kuri 28. Disaster: Student Massacre, 1968, to Earthquake, 1985Ageeth Sluis 29. Mexican ElitesDennis Gilbert 30. Mexico's Democratic Transition and Consolidation since 1977Stephen E. Lewis Index

William H. Beezley is Professor of History, The University of Arizona.

02/02/2026

• About the EditorAcknowledgmentsTable of Contents Contributors IntroductionWilliam Beezley 1. Rethinking the Spanish-Aztec War of 1519-1521Matthew Restall and John F. Schwaller 2. Social and Ecological Impacts of Conquest and Colonization in New SpainVera S. Candiani 3. The Social Lives of Documents: Sacred Papers in Viceregal PueblosEthelia Ruiz Medrano and Byron Hamann 4. The Catechism: A Malleable Means to Disparate Ends (1750-1850)Brian Connaughton 5. Colonial Community LifeJoan Bristol 6. Key Books and Documents: Francisco Xavier Clavigero's Historia AntiguaAna Carolina Ibarra 7. From Emancipation to Independence: New Spain/Mexico, 1808-1821Roberto Breña 8. Matters of Life and Death: Biographies at the Beginning of Independent Mexico, 1820sKaren Racine 9. The Early Republic and Santa AnnaBarbara A. Tenenbaum 10. The US-Mexican War Bruce Winders 11. Juarez, Maximilian, and the French Intervention in MexicoMichael Hogan 12. The Porfirian Years (1876-1911)Michael Matthews 13. Porfirian ModernizationAurora Gomez Galvarriato Free 14. Romanticism in MexicoLaura Shelton 15. Foreign Travelers' Accounts and Fanny Calderón de la Barca's Life in MexicoLourdes Parra Lazcano 16. Educating the Nation's YouthElena Jackson Albarrán 17. The National Museum of Mexico in the Porfirian Era, 1876-1911Seonaid Valiant 18. Promoting Mexico's International Image: Universal Exhibitions and World's FairsMatthew D. Esposito 19. Regionalism in MexicoWilliam Beezley 20. The Mexican RevolutionColby Ristow 21. Religion and Revolution, Mexico: 1910-1940Ben Fallaw 22. Embodied Imagined Communities: Forging National Identity Through the Viejitos DanceRuth Hellier-Tinoco 23. Revolution and the CristerosJulia G. Young 24. Standardized Education with Free TextbooksEugenia Roldán Vera, Susana Quintanilla 25. Mexico and World War IIHalbert Jones 26. Myth and Reality of the Mexican Economic Miracle, 1946-1982Ryan Alexander 27. Political Opposition and Democratization, 1968-2000Ariel Rodríguez Kuri 28. Disaster: Student Massacre, 1968, to Earthquake, 1985Ageeth Sluis 29. Mexican ElitesDennis Gilbert 30. Mexico's Democratic Transition and Consolidation since 1977Stephen E. Lewis Index