Joseph / Buchenau Mexico's Once and Future Revolution

Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7738-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

This volume offers a concise historical analysis of the Mexican Revolution, exploring its causes, dynamics, consequences, and legacies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joseph, Gilbert M.

Buchenau, Jurgen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

1. Introduction: Revolution and the Negotiation of Rule in Modern Mexico 1

2. Porfirian Modernization and Its Costs 15

3. The Revolution Comes (and Goes), 1910–1913 37

4. The Violent Climax of the Revolution, 1913–1920 55

5. Forging and Contesting a New Nation, 1920–1932 87

6. Resurrecting and Incorporating the Revolution, 1932–1940 117

7. The "Perfect Dictatorship," 1940–1968 141

8. The Embers of Revolution, 1968–2000 167

9. Conclusions: A Revolution with Legs 197

Notes 217

Bibliographical Essay 227

Index 239

Über Autor(innen)

Gilbert M. Joseph is the Farnam Professor of History and International Studies at Yale University. His many books include A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence during Latin America's Long Cold War (with Greg Grandin), The Mexico Reader: History, Culture, Politics (with Timothy J. Henderson), Fragments of a Golden Age: The Politics of Culture in Mexico since 1940 (with Anne Rubenstein and Eric Zolov), and Revolution from Without: Yucatán, Mexico, and the United States, 1880–1924, all also published by Duke University Press.Jürgen Buchenau is Professor of History and Latin American Studies at UNC Charlotte. He is the author of numerous books, including The Last Caudillo: Alvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution, Mexican Mosaic: A Brief History of Mexico, and Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution.