Mexico and the Spanish Cortes, 1810–1822 : : Eight Essays / / ed. by Nettie Lee Benson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Anderson, W. Woodrow,; Benson, Nettie Lee,; Berry, Charles R.,; Breedlove, James M.,; Cunniff, Roger L.,; Garza, David T.,; Hann, John H.,; Macaulay, Neill,; Neal, Clarice,
• HerausgeberIn: Benson, Nettie Lee,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1966
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)

Few developments in the history of the Spanish colonial system in Mexico have been more carelessly treated or more often misinterpreted than the attempt to establish constitutional government in New Spain under the Spanish monarchy during the 1809–1814 and 1820–1822 periods. Yet the broad outlines o...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. The Election of the Mexican Deputies to the Spanish Cortes, 1810-1822
• 2. Mexican Constitutional Expression in the Cortes of Cádiz
• 3. Mexican Municipal Electoral Reform, 1810-1822
• 4. Freedom of the Press in New Spain, 1810-1820
• 5. Effect of the Cortes, 1810-1822, on Church Reform in Spain and Mexico
• 6. The Army of New Spain and the Mexican Delegation to the Spanish Cortes
• 7. The Role of the Mexican Deputies in the Proposal and Enactment of Measures of Economic Reform Applicable to Mexico
• 8. Reform as a Means To Quell Revolution
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index