La Ciudad de México como escenario de la guerra : el pronunciamiento de José de la Parra y los combates de enero de 1858

Abstract

In the course of the nineteenth century Mexico City was the scene of numerous combats that developed in the context of civil wars and foreign interventions. Its role as the political center of the country caused the upstart armies to seek to consolidate their triumph in a symbolic way with their occupation. Nevertheless, it was also the epicenter of several military movements, one of them that started on January 11, 1858, that detonated the War of Reform. Between then and the 21st of the same month, the capital became a "city of war," which changed the dynamics of its inhabitants and the authorities established there. The article analyzes the changes that were generated in daily activities, as well as the social impact of the conflagration, and the role the army in this movement inserted in the process of construction and consolidation of the Mexican State.