The Mexican Frontier by Weber

The Mexican Frontier by Weber

The quarter-century of Mexican sovereignty over the land that is today the American Southwest was a period of turmoil and transition. Between 1821 and 1846, Mexico City's ties to the far northern frontier were steadily weakened by domestic political and social strife as well as by foreign economic encroachment. The gradual loss of social and economic links and the eventual lapse of political allegiance is perceptively reinterpreted from the Mexican perspective by Professor Weber.

The book is essential reading for all who are interested in the history of the West and the Southwest. The late Ray Allen Billington praised the book as "meticulously prepared, sparklingly written, and brilliantly interpreted. Its perspective will affect all writing on western history for a generation to come."

DAVID J. WEBER is Robert and Nancy Dedman Professor of History and director of the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University. He has written many books, including The Spanish Frontier in North America (1992), and was a Fulbright lecturer at the Universidad de Costa Rica. He is a past president of the Western History Association and the only American historian elected to membership in both the Mexican Academy of History and the Society of American Historians.

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ISBN 13	9780826306036
ISBN 10	0826306039
Title	The Mexican Frontier
Author	Weber
Series	Histories Of The American Frontier Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of New Mexico Press
Year published	1982-06-30
Number of pages	440
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.