Forging Mexico

No struggle has been more contentious or of longer duration in Mexican national history than that between a centripetal power in the capital and the centrifugal federalism of the Mexican states. Much as they do in the United States, such tensions still endure in Mexico, despite the centralizing effect of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20.

Timothy E. Anna is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. His books include The Mexican Empire of Iturbide (Nebraska 1990).

"Timothy Anna has now produced a trilogy of well-crafted, important, and widely cited works devoted to the political history of Mexico during its long and problematic transition from Spanish colony to independent state." - Journal of Latin American Studies, August 2002