{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:20:12","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/jurgen-buchenau\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Books<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>The United States and Mexico: Unequal Neighbors.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>London: Bloomsbury, in press.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Anti-Catholicism in the Mexican<\/strong><\/em><strong> Revolution.<\/strong> Ed., with David S. Dalton. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2024.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico: Revolution, Reform, and Repression. <\/em><\/strong>Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2023. Won Honorable Mention for the Alfred B. Thomas Award for Best Book in Latin American Studies.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Mexican Revolution: A Documentary History.<\/strong><\/em> Ed., with Timothy Henderson. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing, 2022.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>The Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Negotiation of Rule during Mexico&#8217;s Long Twentieth Century<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(with Gilbert M. Joseph). Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2013. \u00a0History Book Club selection, in second printing.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>\u00a0The Last Caudillo: Alvaro Obreg\u00f3n and the Mexican Revolution. <\/strong><\/em>Chichester, England: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Aftershocks: Earthquakes and Popular Politics in Latin America. <\/strong><\/em>Ed., with Lyman L. Johnson. \u00a0Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2009.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>State Governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1952: Portraits in Conflict, Courage, and Corruption.<\/em><\/strong> Ed., with William H. Beezley. \u00a0Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2009.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Mexican Mosaic: A Brief History of Modern Mexico<\/strong><\/em>. Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson, 2008.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Plutarco El\u00edas Calles and the Mexican Revolution<\/em><\/strong>. Lanham, MD: Rowman &amp; Littlefield, 2006. Won the Alfred B. Thomas Award for Best Book in Latin American Studies.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Mexico OtherWise: Modern Mexico in the Eyes of Foreign Observers<\/em><\/strong>. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tools of Progress: A German Merchant Family in Mexico City ,<\/em>\u00a01865-<em>present.<\/em><\/strong> Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004 (also published in German as <strong><em>Werkzeuge des Fortschritts: Eine deutsche H\u00e4ndlerfamilie in Mexiko von 1865 bis zur Gegenwart<\/em>.<\/strong> Stuttgart: Verlag Dieter Heinz, 2002).<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico&#8217;s Central America Policy, 1876-1930<\/em><\/strong>. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1996.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Interests<\/h3>\n<p>19th and 20th century Mexico: political economy, political violence, immigration, Mexico in world affairs, Mexican Revolution.<\/p>\n<h3>Courses Taught<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>CAPI 1501 Capitalism in Global Context<\/li>\n<li>CAPI 4050 Capitalism Studies Capstone<\/li>\n<li>HIST 2207\/LTAM 2207 Modern Latin America<\/li>\n<li>HIST 3002\/LTAM 3164 Latin American Political Economy<\/li>\n<li>HIST 3010\/LTAM 3360 History and Culture through Film<\/li>\n<li>HIST 3176\/LTAM 3276 History of Mexico<\/li>\n<li>HIST 4600\/LTAM 4600 Latin American in the Cold War<\/li>\n<li>HIST 6000\/LTAM 6000 Latin America in the Era of Globalization<\/li>\n<li>HIST 6000\/LTAM 6000 The United States and Mexico<\/li>\n<li>HIST 6201\/LTAM 6251 Colloquium in Colonial Latin American History<\/li>\n<li>HIST 6202\/LTAM 6252 Colloquium in Modern Latin American History<\/li>\n<li>LTAM 6300 Latin American Thought<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1993.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Projects:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am currently working on a book on Mexico in the late Cold War, two edited volumes on modern Mexican history, and second editions of two of my previous books.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Professional Service:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am the editor of <em>Viewpoints: Puntos de Vista: Themes and Interpretations in Latin American History<\/em>, a book series with Wiley-Blackwell and &#8220;The Americas in the World,&#8221; a book series with the University of New Mexico Press.<\/p>\n<p>I am Editor-in-Chief of <em>The Latin Americanist<\/em><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books The United States and Mexico: Unequal Neighbors.\u00a0London: Bloomsbury, in press. 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