Revolutionary Mexico (Magill’s Literary Annual 1989)
At a glance:
- Author: John Mason Hart
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Political, economic, and social history
- Time of Work: 1876-1924
- Setting: Mexico
- Principal Characters: General Porfirio Díaz, Francisco Madero, Venustiano Carranza
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, History
- Subjects: Social action, History, Class conflict, Politics, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Revolutions, 1910’s, 1920’s, War, Economics, Mexico or Mexicans, Economic conditions, 1900’s, Economic policy
- Locales: Mexico
Popularly known as la bola, the Mexican Revolution (1910-1917) was the first great social upheaval of the twentieth century. More than one million Mexicans lost their lives in an epic struggle that pitted peasants (campesinos), landowners (hacendados), factory workers, merchants, and provincial and national elites against one another. For more than a generation now, historians and social scientists of the Revolution have probed the hostility that festered among these diverse groups at the regional and local level. Inspired by the landmark regional studies of John...
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