In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution

Heacute;ctor Aguilar Camiacute;n and Lorenzo Meyer, two of Mexico's leading intellectuals, set out to fill a void in the literature on Mexican history: the lack of a single text to cover the history of contemporary Mexico during the twentieth century. A la sombra de la Revolucioacute;n Mexicana, now available in English as In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution, covers the Mexican Revolution itself, the gradual consolidation of institutions, the Caacute;rdenas regime, the "Mexican economic miracle" and its subsequent collapse, and the recent transition toward a new historical period. The authors offer a comprehensive and authoritative study of Mexico's turbulent recent history, a history that increasingly intertwines with that of the United States. Given the level of interest in Mexico--likely to increase still more as a result of the recent liberalization of trade policies--this volume will be useful in affording U.S. readers an intelligent, comprehensive, and accessible study of their neighbor to the south.