19th Century Mexican History

La consumación de la independencia en el norte: síntesis y reflexión

by Rodrigo Moreno

Published in Ana Carolina Ibarra, coord., La independencia en el septentrión de la Nueva España: provincias internas e intendencias norteñas (México, UNAM, 2010).

Nuestras ideas sobre la consumación. Recorrido historiográfico sobre le proceso de la consumación de la independencia de México

by Rodrigo Moreno

Published in Marta Terán y Víctor Gayol, eds., La corona rota. Identidades y representaciones en las Independencias Iberoamericanas (Castelló de la Plana, Universitat Jaume I, 2010).

El proyecto constitucional de Antonio J. Valdés, 1822

by Catherine Andrews

Published in in Estudios Jalicienses, no. 87, 2012, pp. 55-71.

El propósito de este ensayo es discutir la propuesta de ley constitucional que elaboró el cubano Antonio J. Valdés,... more El propósito de este ensayo es discutir la propuesta de ley constitucional que elaboró el cubano Antonio J. Valdés, diputado por Guadalajara en el Congreso Constituyente del Imperio Mexicano de 1822 e integrante importante de la comisión de constitución de esta misma legislatura. A pesar de que la existencia de este proyecto es bien conocida y el texto ha sido reproducido en varias recopilaciones de constituciones tanto en México como Europa,hasta el momento no ha sido estudiado con detalle. Este artículo examina las ideas políticas que presenta Valdés en dicho proyecto constitucional e identifica el sustento teórico en el que lo construyó.

Niños y jóvenes aprendices, representaciones en la literatura mexicana del siglo XIX

by Susana Sosenski

Temporalidad e independencia. El proceso ideológico de Luis Villoro, medio siglo después

by Alfredo Avila

Co-authored with María José Garrido Asperó, in Secuencia. Revista de historia y ciencias sociales, 63, septiembre-diciembre de 2005.

Half a century after it was first published, Luis Villoro's La revolución de independencia continues to be widely... more Half a century after it was first published, Luis Villoro's La revolución de independencia continues to be widely read. This article attemprs to assess the relevance of this work, beyond the assertations surpassed by recent monographs. It considers that Villoro's book pioneered many interpretations that are now largely accepted by specialists in the area and that to date, he is the only person to have lent meaning to the ideological process of the independence revolution. It ends by suggesting a reappraisal of the role of conceptions in temporality, highlighted by Villoro as a starting point for future intellectual history research on the political thought of the early decades of rhe Mexican 19th century.

Rewriting Space in Ruiz de Burton's Who Would Have Thought It?

by Bernadine Hernandez

INDEPENDENCIA DE MEXICO Y SU TRASCENDENCIA HISTORICA PARA LATINOAMERICA: UNA REFLEXION MEXICANA DESDE EL SALVADOR EN EL BICENTENARIO DE LA INDEPENDENCIA DE MEXICO

by Bernardo Mendez Lugo

El discurso cartografico en el Mexico del Porfiriato

by Raymond Craib

In: Hector Mendoza Vargas, coord., Mexico a traves de los mapas (Mexico: Plaza y Valdes/UNAM, 2000), 131-150

Protecting or Undermining the Constitution? Discussions on the Role of Religion and the Catholic Church in Guaranteeing Constitutional Order During Mexico’s First Federal Republic (1824-1835)

by Catherine Andrews

Historia constitucional – Revista electrónica, no. 12, 2011, [en línea]
(http:// http://www.historiaconstitucional.com)

This paper analyses the role of religion and the Catholic Church in Mexican constitutional thought in the first half... more This paper analyses the role of religion and the Catholic Church in Mexican constitutional thought in the first half of the nineteenth-century. Its principal hypothesis is that Independent Mexico’s political thinkers considered the promotion of the Catholic faith was necessary to ensure successful government and social order. In accordance with this idea, it argues that the debates which raged in the 1820s and 1830s over the questions of patronage and church property cannot be understood in terms of a confrontation between liberal and conservative ideas as has generally been the case in Mexican historiography. Rather, it contends that the division of opinion amongst the political elites on this matter was grounded in the debates that took place in eighteenth-century Spain in order to define the correct relationship between the Crown and the Church. 

Los primeros proyectos constitucionales en México y su influencia británica (1821-1836).

by Catherine Andrews

Published in Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, vol. 27, no. 1, 2011, pp. 5-43.

This essay examines the contribution of British constitutionalism to a number of constitutional projects that were... more This essay examines the contribution of British constitutionalism to a number of constitutional projects that were discussed during the first two decades of Independence. It argues that the ideas of the balanced constitution influenced at least three constitutional projects during this period, despite the fact that these doctrines were not commonly accepted. At the same time it demonstrates how politicians like Servando Teresa de Mier and Lucas Alamán, who distrusted the philosophical ideas behind the French revolution, saw an alternative model in the British custom based Constitution.
Key words: Balanced Constitution, Independent Mexico, Federal Constitution (1824), Las Siete Leyes (1836), Constitutional Reform.

"Los extranjeros en Guerrero. El proyecto de colonización de la Hacienda de San Marcos, 1880-1884", en Sergio Sarmiento Silva y Tomás Bustamante Álvarez (coordinadores), El Sur en Movimiento. La reinvención de Guerrero del siglo XXI, México, CIESAS, Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero, 2001, pp. 127-145.

by Jesús Hernández Jaimes

“La fiesta de los coroneles o cómo hacerse rico en cómodas mensualidades. La nacionalización de los bienes corporativos en Guerrero. 1856-1867”, en Neri Quevedo, Édgar, Coord., Guerrero, 1849-1999, vol. 1, México, Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero, 1999, 2 volúmenes, pp. 117-160. ISBN 970-18-4221

by Jesús Hernández Jaimes

“El desencanto por la Independencia: Los tabaqueros de Orizaba ante el monopolio estatal del cultivo de la hoja en México, 1821-1836”, en Ulúa. Revista de Historia, Sociedad y Cultura, año 8, núm. 16, 2010, pp. 99-132. ISSN 1665-8973.

by Jesús Hernández Jaimes

“Entre el liberalismo radical y la necesidad: Los debates en torno al monopolio estatal del tabaco en México, 1821-1824”, en América Latina en la Historia Económica. Revista de Investigación, Instituto Mora, el número 36, julio-diciembre de 2011, pp. 67-91. ISSN 1405-2253

by Jesús Hernández Jaimes

In the Pursuit of Balance. Lucas Alamán's Proposals for Constitutional Reform (1830-1835)

by Catherine Andrews

Historia constitucional – Revista electrónica, no. 8, 2007

This paper will analyse Lucas Alamán’s proposals for the reform of the 1824 Mexican Constitution in the 1830s. It will... more This paper will analyse Lucas Alamán’s proposals for the reform of the 1824 Mexican Constitution in the 1830s. It will argue that, contrary to the interpretations of many historians, during these years he did not advocate the adoption of a centralist system, or the abolition of representative government. Instead, it will show that Alamán’s real interest lay in promoting radical changes in the distribution of power between the three branches of government. Through a close examination of his ideas, it will suggest that Alamán did not favour the adoption of the US checks and balances system, nor the division of powers established in the 1812 Spanish Constitution. Rather, Alamán wished to see Mexico adopt a version of the British balanced constitution.
Key Words: Lucas Alamán, reform, 1824 Mexican Constitution, balanced constitution, separation of powers

La lucha por la supervivencia: El impacto de la insurgencia en el Nuevo Santander, 1810-1821

by Catherine Andrews

In Ana Carolina Ibarra (ed.) La independencia en el septentrión de la Nueva España. Provincias Internas e intendencias norteñas, México, UNAM-Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, 2010, pp. 35-78 (ISBN 978-607-02-1586-5).

This chapter analyses the impact of the insurgency (1810-1821) on the province of Nuevo Santander. It focuses on two... more This chapter analyses the impact of the insurgency (1810-1821) on the province of Nuevo Santander. It focuses on two main events: the 1810 rebellion in Dolores and the 1817 invasion of Tampico by Xavier Mina. It argues that the provincial elites were hostile to both events, although they were forced to negociate and even ally themselves with their enemies to ensure their survival.

¿Reformar o reconstituir? El debate en torno al destino de la Constitución Federal y el sistema de gobierno (1830-1835)”

by Catherine Andrews

In Marco Antonio Landavazo and Agustín Sánchez Andrés, (eds.), Experiencias republicanas y monárquicas en México, América Latina y España, Morelia, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 2008, pp. 15-42 (ISBN 978-607-424-022-1)

This paper argues that the political group which oversaw the abolition of the 1824 Federal Constitution and its... more This paper argues that the political group which oversaw the abolition of the 1824 Federal Constitution and its replacement with the 1836 Constitution originally campaigned against abolition. It shows that this political group preferred the option of reforming the existing constitution, but that external pressures obliged them to adopt the idea of establishing a new constitution.

El debate político de la década de 1830 y los orígenes de las Siete Leyes

by Catherine Andrews

In Cecilia Noriega and Alicia Salmerón (eds.), México: un siglo de historia constitucional (1808-1917), México, Instituto José María Luis Mora/Suprema Corte de Justicia, 2009, pp. 111-134 (ISBN 978-607-468-142-0).

This paper demostrates that the constitutional proposals discussed in Mexico in 1835 and adopted in the 1836... more This paper demostrates that the constitutional proposals discussed in Mexico in 1835 and adopted in the 1836 Constitution often called the Siete Leyes, can be traced back to the political debates of 1830.

Sobre conservadurismo e ideas conservadoras en la primera república federal (1824-1835)

by Catherine Andrews

In Erika Pani (ed.), Conservadurismos y derechas en la historia de México, México, Fondo de Cultura Económica/CONACULTA, 2009, pp. 86-134 (ISBN Conaculta 978-607-455-271-3)

This paper argues that the traditional division of political opinions between Conservatives and Liberals in the first... more This paper argues that the traditional division of political opinions between Conservatives and Liberals in the first Mexican Federal Republic is misleading and anachronic. Instead it tries to show how all the different political factions and groups adopted both liberal and conservative ideas in their proposals.

The Archive in the Field

by Raymond Craib

Journal of Historical Geography (October 2010)