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Mexico was annexed to the Spanish Crown by conquest in 1521, and for three centuries continued to be governed by Spain. In all 64 Spanish Viceroys ruled the Courts, from Antonio de Mendoza (1535–1550) to Juan O’Donojú (1821–1822). In 1810 the rule of the Spanish Viceroys had become so tyrannical that it caused an outbreak headed by the patriot priest Hidalgo, who on September 15, 1810, declared the Independence of Mexico. On May 15, 1822, General Augustin Iturbide declared himself Emperor of Mexico, but in 1824 he had to flee, and the Republic was established. Several Presidents (Felix Fernandez Victoria, 1824–28, was the first) ruled the destinies of the country with more or less severity until 1864, when the throne of Mexico was offered to Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria. He was shot in 1867, and Benito Juarez, who had been President in the northern part of the country, took the reins of government. He was followed by Lerdo de Tigada, who in 1876 fled, and General Porfirio Diaz (died July 2, 1915) made his entry into Mexico City. He ruled the country with the exception of four years (1880–4, General Manuel Gonzalez) until May 25,1911, when he presented his resignation to Congress. On November 6, 1911, Señor Francisco I. Madero assumed office as President and ruled until February, 1913, when a coup d’état took place, resulting in the President’s murder (February 23, 1913) and his replacement by General Victoriano Huerta.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Mexico
1. Official Publications
The publications issued by the various departments of government.
Les Etats Unis Mexicains: Leurs Ressources, &c. Par R. de Zayas Enriquez. Mexico, 1899.
Memoria del Secretario del despacho de Fomento, &c. Annual. Mexico.
Mexico: Its Social Evolution. By various writers. 3 vols. Mexico, 1900–04.
Mexico: A Geographical Sketch. Burean of American Republics. Washington, 1904.
Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series and Miscellaneous Series. London.
Division Territorial de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (deals with each State). Mexico 1913.
2. Non-Official Publications
Boletin de la sociedad de geografia y estadistica de la República Mexicaua. Mexico.
Baedeker’s United States with an Excursion into Mexico. 4th ed. Leipzig, 1909.
Batrlein (Henry). Mexico, the Land of Unrest. London, 1913.
Bancroft (H. H.), A History of Mexico. New York, 1915.
Bigot (R.), Le Mexique Moderne. Paris, 1909.
Bonaparte (Prince Roland), and others, Le Mexique au Début du XXe Siècle, Paris, 1904.
Bordeaux (A.), Le Mexique et ses mines d’argent. Paris, 1910.
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El economists Mexicano, weekly. Mexico.
Enoch (G. R.) Mexico. London, 1909.
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Moses (B.), Constitution of the United States of Mexico. Philadelphia, 1899.
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Pimentel (F.), Obras Completas [on Peoples, Languages, Literature, &c. of Mexico]. 5 vols. Mexico, 1903–04.
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Southworth (J. R.), The Mines of Mexico. 9 vols. Mexico, 1905,—El Territorio de Baja California. [In Spanish and English.] San Francisco, 1899.
Stephens (Kate), The Mastering of Mexico. London, 1916.
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Keltie, J.S. (1916). Mexico. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270459_33
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