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| Preface and Acknowledgements | |
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| Porfirio Diaz and Mexican Historiography: Porfirismo, Anti-Porfirismo and Neo-Porfirismo | |
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| Anti-Porfirismo | |
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| Porfirismo | |
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| Neo-Porfirismo | |
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| The Foundations of Porfirian Mexico: Liberalism, Authoritarianism and the Patriotic Struggle, 1855-67 | |
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| Provincial origins: Diaz and Oaxaca, 1830-55 | |
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| Diaz's 'conversion' to liberalism | |
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| The authoritarian tradition: caudillismo and militarism | |
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| The entry into politics: the Revolution of Ayutla, 1854 | |
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| National Guard commander and popular liberal, 1855-67 | |
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| The Long Road to the Presidency, 1867-76 | |
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| The presidential campaign of 1867 | |
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| The Diaz brothers in Oaxaca, 1867-71 | |
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| The Rebellion of La Noria, 1871-72 | |
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| The campaign against Lerdo, 1872-76 | |
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| The Tuxtepec campaign, 1876 | |
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| Pragmatic Liberalism, 1876-84 | |
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| The principles of Porfirian politics | |
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| The elections of 1880 | |
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| The presidency of Manuel Gonzalez, 1880-84 | |
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| The Consolidation of Power: Patriarchal Liberalism, 1884-1911 | |
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| Political practice after 1884 | |
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| Elections and re-elections | |
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| Diaz and the governors | |
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| The military | |
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| The church | |
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| The press | |
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| The cult of personality | |
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| Pax porfiriana? | |
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| Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and International Relations, 1876-1911 | |
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| The parameters of foreign policy | |
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| Diaz and foreign policy | |
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| Mexico and the USA | |
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| Mexico and the European powers | |
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| The international image of Mexico in the Fiestas del Centenario, 1910 | |
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| Paying for Order and Progress: Economic Development, 1876-1911 | |
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| The evolution of economic policy | |
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| Indicators of progress | |
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| The Price of Order and Progress: The Decline and Fall of the Diaz Regime, 1900-11 | |
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| Revolutionary historiography and the demise of the regime | |
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| The regional impact of Porfirian development | |
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| National political crisis | |
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| The Creelman interview, 1908 | |
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| Anti-re-electionism and Maderismo | |
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| Epilogue and Conclusions | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliographical Essay | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Map: Mexico in the Diaz era | |
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| Index | |