Benito JuƔrez: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

The best general work on JuĆ”rez is Brian R. Hamnett, JuĆ”rez (1994). Other useful studies include Ralph Roeder, Juarez and His Mexico, 2 vol. (1947, reprinted 1968). The best biography, although uncritical, is Charles Allen Smart, Viva JuĆ”rez! (1963, reprinted 1975), with JuĆ”rez’s important autobiographical essay, ā€œNotes for My Children.ā€ Walter V. Scholes, Mexican Politics During the JuĆ”rez Regime, 1855–1872 (1957, reissued 1969), is a study of the domestic aspects of the JuĆ”rez government. Jasper Godwin Ridley, Maximilian and JuĆ”rez (2001), considers the emperor as a pawn in Napoleon III’s imperialistic actions in JuĆ”rez’s Mexico; and Charles A. Weeks, The JuĆ”rez Myth in Mexico (1973, reprinted 2005), examines the creation and transformation of the powerful myth that arose regarding JuĆ”rez.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jul 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Heritage History - Don Benito Juarez. Jun 26, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 17, 2026
Article revised; incorrect cross-reference removed. Jul 13, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 10, 2025
Add new Web site: The California-Mexico Studies Center - Who was Benito Juļæ½rez, the revolutionary hero who shaped Mexico? Sep 07, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Chapman University - Collection of Historical Figures - Benito Juarez. Nov 24, 2023
Bibliography revised. Dec 23, 2020
Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - Benito Juarez. Feb 08, 2019
Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of Pablo Benito Juarez Garcia. Feb 08, 2019
Corrected display issue. Apr 26, 2018
Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." Nov 15, 2017
Add new Web site: NHD 100 Leaders in World History - Biography of Benito Juļæ½rez. Feb 23, 2016
Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Benito Juarez. Feb 23, 2016
Added cross-references and added Juarez's complete name as an alternate title. Apr 01, 2015
Updated bibliography. Apr 01, 2015
Media added. Apr 01, 2015
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Benito Juļæ½rez. Feb 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - Biography of Benito Juarez. Feb 19, 2013
Add new Web site: Mexonline.com - Biography of Benito Juarez. Jul 23, 2010
Bibliography revised. Oct 23, 2006
Article revised and updated. Oct 23, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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