Mexico

by Joseph Stromberg

In 1540, Mexico was declared to be New Spain. With a diverse culture and great natural resources, it should have prospered like its northern neighbor. But Mexico's history includes political corruption, war, revolution, and grinding poverty. Why has the fate of Mexico been so different than that of the United States? The World's Political Hot Spots Series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world's most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today's headlines, and tensions have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today's problems occur.

Genres: History, Politics, Audiobook

Audio CD

First published February 9, 2006

About the author

Joseph Stromberg is a research fellow at the Independent Institute and has held the JoAnn B. Rothbard chair in history at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He received his BA and MA from Florida Atlantic University, and his further graduate work was completed at the University of Florida.

Reviews

[Conor Ahern · Rating 3 out of 5]

Went down to Mexico in a rare COVID window in November and realized how little I know about my favorite country to visit. The history of Mexico is absolutely fascinating. Next up: a biography of Porfirio Diaz.

[AttackGirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

How to understand the tragedy of Mexico. What an opening. Guess that defines the rest of the books view of such a beautiful country and people. Seems wherever the US concepts of freedom are imposed on others the running dead of entrails tangled in feet abound.

[Allen Edwards · Rating 2 out of 5]

Struggled to get into this one.

[Mathew Benham · Rating 4 out of 5]

A 3hr audio book. This book is a very brief or fast history of the area of Mexico, the first half was very good but by the end the whole story goes mostly into only the presidents of Mexico.

[Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

While dated, this is still an effective introductory overview of Mexican history.

[James B · Rating 5 out of 5]

A bit on the short side, well, very short side but still a great introduction to Mexican history and will hopefully encourage more than just myself to delve deeper into Mexico's fascinating past.

[Diane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh.