This concise history looks at Mexico from political, economic, and cultural perspectives, portraying Mexico's struggle to break out of the colonial past and assert its viability as a sovereign state in a competitive world. In this third edition, Hamnett adds new material on Mexico's regional and international roles as they have emerged in the twenty-first century, including membership of supra-national organizations (including and moving beyond NAFTA), the Mexican drug war between government officials and gangs, and the immigration and border crises within the United States. He also discusses Mexico's relationship to the outside world, particularly its efforts to broaden the range of political and commercial associations, especially with European countries, the rest of Latin America, and the Pacific Rim through trade agreements with supra-national organizations.

Author: Brian R. Hamnett
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/14/2019
Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
Pages: 570
Weight: 1.5lbs
Size: 8.40h x 7.60w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781316626610
3rd Edition


Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2019

About the Author
Hamnett, Brian R.: - Brian R. Hamnett is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of History at the University of Essex. He has traveled and researched widely in Latin America, and in Spain and Portugal. His most recent book is The End of Iberian Rule on the American Continent, 1770-1830 (Cambridge, forthcoming).