Abstract
Mexico’s history falls into three epochs. She was annexed to the Spanish crown by conquest in 1521, and for three centuries was governed by Spain through 62 viceroys, from Antonio de Mendoza (1535–50) to Juan O’Donojú (1821). From 1822 to 1911 was the second epoch covering nearly a century of national existence and abounding in movements and events shaping the national life. After three quarters of a century marked by stormy events (see STATESMAN’s YEAR-BOOK, 1928, p. 1099) the country settled down in 1876 to a long and quiet regime under the presidency of General Don Porfirio Diaz (died 2 July, 1915), who ruled the country with the exception of 4 years (1880–84, General Manuel González) until 25 May, 1911, when he presented his resignation to Congress. Then began the third or revolutionary epoch, commencing with coups d’êtat and civil war and culminating in bold social and economic experiments. The names of the presidents are shown in the following table :—
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Books of Reference concerning Mexico
1. Official Publications
La Reforma Agraria en México. Mexico City, 1937. México en Cifras; series of official maps and statistical diagrams. Mexico City, 1937; 2nd edition, 1939. Atlas Estadístico. Mexico City, 1937.
Anuario Estadístico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Annual. Mexico City.
Revista de Estadística (Monthly); Revista de Economía (Monthly); Boletin Mensual de Estamaciones Agropecuarias (Monthly).
Bibliografia Mexicana de Estadística. Dirección General de Estadística. 2 vols. Mexico City, 1942.
Nomenclatura Nacional de Ocupaciones, 1940. Dirección General de Estadistica.
Resumen General del Censo Industrial de 1940. Dirección General de Estadística.
Compendio Estadístico. (Dirección General de Estadística.) Mexico, 1947.
Vogt (W.), The Natural Resources of Mexico … A Study of Soil Erosion. Washington, D.C., 1946.
2. Non-Official Publications
Boletin de la Sociedad Mexicana de Qeografia y Estadística, 1939–40. Mexico.
Cinco Siglos de Legislación Agraria en México (1493–1940). Por Manuel Fabila, Banco Nacional de Crédito Agrícola. Vol. I. Mexico, 1941.
Catálogo de la Biblioteca; Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia. México, 1940.
Who’s Who in Latin America. Part I: Mexico. Ed. by R. Hilton. Stanford University, 1946.
Booth (G. C.), Mexico’s School-Made Society. Stanford University, 1941.
Bosques (Gilberto), The National Revolutionary Party of Mexico and The Six-Year Plan. Mexico City, 1937.
Brenner (Anita), The Wind that Swept Mexico. New York, 1943.—Idols behind Altars. New ed. New York, 1935.
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Parkes (H. B.), A History of Mexico. Boston, 1938.
Phillips (H. A.), New Designs for Old Mexico. New York, 1939.
Prewett (Virginia), Reportage on Mexico. New York, 1941.
Ramos (Roberto). Bibliografia de la Revolution Mexicana. Mexico, 1931.
Redfield (R.), The Folk Culture of Yucatán. Chicago, 1941.
Reina (J. G.), Mineria y Eequeza Minera de Mexico. Mexico City, 1944.
Robles (M. A.), Historia Polítics de la Revolución. Mexico City, 1938.
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Strode (H.), Timeless Mexico. New York, 1944.
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Terry (Thomas P.), Terry’s Guide to Mexico. Rev. and enl. ed. Hingham, Mass., 1943.
Trend (J. B.), Mexico: A New Spain with Old Friends. London, 1941.
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Whetten (N. L.), Rural Mexico. Chicago, 1948.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1949). Mexico. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270787_46
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