User:Zacharyhbennett

Personally, I find it easier to write about corporeal history topics, such as people and events, rather than ideas and artistic movements. As such, I will mostly try to discover my Wikipedia topic through country portals, as those are more likely to yield stubs regarding people and events. I am especially interested in articles relating to Mexico, Central America, and Cuba, so I will focus on those country portals. The "Colonialism" portal, which branches off into the "New Spain" portal will also be useful, as Spain's rule over Mexico and Central America is one of my interests. However, I will also be open to writing about more recent people and events.

Possible Articles:

-Eligio Ancona del Castillo

-Battle of Dos Ríos

-Islam in Costa Rica

-Fortún Ximénez

This Plan of Ayutla article is a relatively long stub, but it could use improvements in many areas. This article has very little content about what caused the revolt, and I will definitely add a section about that. There is very little discussion about the actual revolt and the military actions that occurred. The people involved and the content of the Plan of Ayutla document are not well fleshed out. Finally, there is a section about the aftermath, but it could definitely be expanded, and I intent to do that. I also hope to some critical evaluation of the event by historians, and it would be excellent if I could find conflicting viewpoints

Early Bibliography:

Fowler, Will. Santa Anna of Mexico. Lincoln, NE:  University of Nebraska Press, 2007.

Johnson, Richard A. The Mexican Revolution of Ayutla, 1854-1855:  An Analysis of the Evolution and Destruction of Santa Anna’s Last Dictatorship. Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 1974.

Meyer, Michael C. and William L. Sherman. The Course of Mexican History:  Second Edition. Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 1983.

Roeder, Ralph. Juarez and his Mexico. New York:  Viking Press, 1947.

Wasserman, Mark. Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico:  Men, Women, and War. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.