Description
Book SynopsisThese eight essays trace the establishment and implementation of the Mexican electoral system, both national and municipal, and of reforms in the economic, journalistic, religious, and military systems.
Table of Contents
- Introduction, by Nettie Lee Benson
- 1. The Election of the Mexican Deputies to the Spanish Cortes, 1810–1822, by Charles R. Berry
- 2. Mexican Constitutional Expression in the Cortes of Cádiz, by David T. Garza
- 3. Mexican Municipal Electoral Reform, 1810–1822, by Roger L. Cunniff
- 4. Freedom of the Press in New Spain, 1810–1820, by Clarice Neal
- 5. Effect of the Cortes, 1810–1822, on Church Reform in Spain and Mexico, by James M. Breedlove
- 6. The Army of New Spain and the Mexican Delegation to the Spanish Cortes, by Neill Macaulay
- 7. The Role of the Mexican Deputies in the Proposal and Enactment of Measures of Economic Reform Applicable to Mexico, by John H. Hann
- 8. Reform as a Means To Quell Revolution, by W. Woodrow Anderson
- Conclusion, by Nettie Lee Benson
- Bibliography
- Index
