A brief history of Mexico

List of illustrations

List of maps

List of tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The first peoples: pre-Columbian Mexico

2. Diversity of Mesoamerican civilization

3. The age of conquest

4. The founding of an empire: sixteenth-century Mexico

5. The colony of New Spain

6. The Bourbon reforms and independence (1700-1821)

7. Years of chaos (1823-1876)

8. The Porfiriato Dictatorship (1876-1910)

9. The Revolution of 1910 (1910-1940)

10. The institutionalized revolution (1940-1988)

11. The march toward democracy (1988-2000)

12. A more democratic Mexico (2000-2009)

Appendixes: 1. Basic facts about Mexico; 2. Chronology; 3. Bibliography; 4. Suggested reading.