Often translated as revolt, a pronunciamiento was a formal, written protest, typically drafted as a list of grievances or demands, that could result in an armed rebellion. This common nineteenth-century Hispano-Mexican extraconstitutional practice was used by soldiers and civilians to forcefully lobby, negotiate, or petition for political change. Although the majority of these petitions failed to achieve their aims, many leading political changes in nineteenth-century Mexico were caused or provoked by one of the more than fifteen hundred pronunciamientos filed between 1821 and 1876. The first of three volumes on the phenomenon of the pronunciamiento, this collection brings together leading scholars to investigate the origins of these forceful petitions. From both a regional and a national perspective, the essays examine specific pronunciamientos, such as the Plan of Iguala, and explore the contexts that gave rise to the use of the pronunciamiento as a catalyst for change. Forceful Negotiations offers a better understanding of the civil conflicts that erupted with remarkable and tragic consistency following the achievement of independence, as well as of the ways in which Mexican political culture legitimized the threat of armed rebellion as a means of effecting political change during this turbulent period.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13
9780803225404
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104063386
Product Key Features
Author
Will Fowler
Publication Name
Forceful Negotiations: the Origins of the Pronunciamiento in Nineteenth-Century Mexico
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Series Title
The Mexican Experience
Editor
Will Fowler
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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