where can I find good info of history events of mexico during 1880-1990?

Question

where can I find good info of history events of mexico during 1880-1990...this is for my world history project...please help!!

Answer 1

Here are a couple of links:

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history.html

Starting with 1880, you may want to look into Porfirio Diaz, who ruled Mexico with an iron fist for the first 1/3 (or so) of your century of interest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfirio_D%C3%ADaz
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=336

Diaz fell during the Mexican Revolution, which started in 1910. A series of presidents and rulers controlled Mexico during those years.

http://www.mexconnect.com/MEX/austin/revolution.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution

The Revolution was a bloody and somewhat confusing contest for its first 4 years. Eventually 3 leaders emerged: Pancho Villa (who briefly invaded the U.S.), Carranza, and Obregon. They ruled over Mexico, settling their political disuptes with armies for the next 6 years. Eventually, Obregon took over and provided a somewhat stable rule for 4 years:

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtalvaroobregon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvaro_Obregon

Obregon was succeeded by Plutarco Calles, whose personal antipathy toward the Catholic Church ed to another (the Cristo) revolution between Catholic and anti-clerical forces:

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtcristero1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarco_El%C3%ADas_Calles

Calles ruled, directly or indirectly, until 1934 when Cardenas took power. Cardenas nationalized the oil industry, provided serious land reforms, and modernized the Mexican education system. Cardenas was a very honest leader and his reign effectively ended the Mexican Revolution.

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtlcardenas.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1zaro_C%C3%A1rdenas

Callas, Cardenas, and Camacho (Cardenas's successor) built up the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) that ruled Mexico for the rest of the 20th Century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_%C3%81vila_Camacho
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_Revolutionary_Party

Answer 2

You could look at the wikipedia. The wikipedia is a good source for info.