"We are now the true Spaniards" [[electronic resource] ] : sovereignty, revolution, independence, and the emergence of the Federal Republic of Mexico, 1808-1824 / / Jaime E. Rodríguez O

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462030703321
• Autore: Rodríguez O Jaime E. <1940->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-8047-8463-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (521 p.)
• Disciplina: 972/.03
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Mexico History; Mexico History Wars of Independence, 1810-1821; Mexico Politics and government 1810-1821; Mexico Politics and government 1821-1861
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents; Preface; A Note about America and Americans; Terms Used in the Text; Introduction; 1. A Shared Political Culture; 2. The Collapse of the Spanish Monarchy; 3. The Events of 1809; 4. Two Revolutions; 5. The Cádiz Revolution; 6. A Fragmented Insurgency; 7. Separation; 8. The Mexican Empire; 9. The Formation of the Federal Republic; Conclusion; Notes; Sources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a radical reinterpretation of the process that led to Mexican independence in 1821-one that emphasizes Mexico's continuity with Spanish political culture. During its final decades under Spanish rule, New Spain was the most populous, richest, and most developed part of the worldwide Spanish Monarchy, and most novohispanos (people of New Spain) believed that their religious, social, economic, and political ties to the Monarchy made union preferable to separation. Neither the American nor the French Revolution convinced the novohispanos to sever ties with the Spanish Monarchy; n