We Are Now the True Spaniards: Sovereignty, Revolution, Independence, and the Emergence of the Federal Republic of Mexico, 1808a 1824

by Jaime E. Rodríguez O. and Jaime E Rodriguez O

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804778302
• ISBN13: 9780804778305
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.1"