Santa Anna of MexicoThe Santa Anna is an intelligent, dynamic, yet reluctant leader, ingeniously deceptive at times, courageous and patriotic at others. This book provides a picture of Santa Anna's life, with new insights into his activities in his bailiwick of Veracruz and in his numerous military engagements. |
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Santa Anna of Mexico
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictIn this unabashedly revisionist biography, Fowler (Latin American studies, Univ. of St. Andrews, Scotland; Mexico in the Age of Proposals, 1821-1853) presents Santa Anna not as a politician but as a ... Leer comentario completo
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3 Liberator of Veracruz Founder of the Republic18211823 | 43 |
The Making of a Caudillo 18231832 | 69 |
4 A Federalist on the Periphery 18231825 | 71 |
5 Among the Jarochos 18251828 | 88 |
6 General of Tricks 18281832 | 109 |
The Returns of the Phoenix 18321841 | 131 |
10 The Santanista Project 18411844 | 213 |
11 Our Man in Havana 18441846 | 238 |
12 The MexicanAmerican War 18461848 | 256 |
The Autumn of the Patriarch 18491876 | 287 |
13 The Man Who Would Be King 18491855 | 289 |
14 The General in His Labyrinth 18561876 | 317 |
A Good Mexican | 346 |
Chronology | 369 |
7 The Absentee President 18321835 | 133 |
8 The Warrior President 18351837 | 158 |
9 The Landowner President 18371841 | 184 |
A Road Paved with Good Intentions 18411848 | 211 |
Notes | 391 |
Bibliography | 449 |
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Pasajes populares
Página xxiii - In a little while entered General Santa Anna himself ; a gentlemanly, good-looking, quietly-dressed, rather melancholy-looking person, with one leg, apparently somewhat of an invalid, and to us the most interesting person in the group. He has a sallow complexion, fine dark eyes, soft and penetrating, and an interesting expression of face.
Página xxiii - Knowing nothing of his past history, one would have said a philosopher, living in dignified retirement, one who had tried the world, and found that all was vanity, one who had suffered ingratitude, and who, if he were ever persuaded to emerge from his retreat, would only do so, Cincinnatus-like, to benefit his country.
Página 6 - There are some old churches, a very old convent of Franciscan monks, and a well-supplied marketplace. Everywhere there are flowers — roses creeping over the old walls, Indian girls making green garlands for the virgin and saints, flowers in the shops, flowers at the windows, but, above all, everywhere one of the most splendid mountain views in the world. The Cofre de Perote, with its dark pine forests and gigantic chest (a rock of porphyry which takes that form), and the still loftier snow-white...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Santa Anna of Mexico UPCC book collections on Project MUSE |
| Autor | Will Fowler |
| Editor | U of Nebraska Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0803256469, 9780803256460 |
| Largo | 501 páginas |
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