The Expulsion of Mexico's Spaniards, 1821-1836 (Pitt Latin American Series, 349)

By Harold Dana Sims

Winner of the Arthur P. Whitaker Prize as \u201cthe best book in Latin American Studies in 1990-1991

Mexico's colonial experience had left a bitter legacy. Many believed that only the physical removal of the old colonial elite could allow the creation of a new political and economic order. While expulsion seemed to provide the answer, the expulsion decrees met stiff resistance and caused a tug-of-war between enforcement and evasion that went on for years. Friendship, family influence, intrigue, and bribery all played a role in determining who left and who stayed. After years of struggle, the movement died down, but not until three-quarters of Mexico's peninsulares had been forced to leave. Expulsion had the effect of crippling a once flourishing economy, with the flight of significant capital.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822936437
• ISBN13: 9780822936435
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.5"