The wind that swept Mexico; the history of the Mexican revolution, 1910-1942. / Text by Anita Brenner. 184 historical photos. assembled by George R. Leighton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brenner, Anita, 1905-1974.

Contributor:

Leighton, George R. (George Ross), 1902-1966.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Texas Pan American series

Texas Pan American series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexico--History--1910-1946.

Mexico.

History.

Mexico--History--1910-1946--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

10 unnumbered pages, 310 pages, 184 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, [1971]

Summary:

The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio Diaz. The Wind That Swept Mexico, originally published in 1943, was the first book to present a broad account of that revolution in its several different phases. In concise but moving words and in memorable photographs, this classic sweeps the reader along from the false peace and plenty of the Diaz era through the doomed administration of Madero, the chaotic years of Villa and Zapata, Carranza and Obregon, to the peaceful social revolution of Cardenas and Mexico's entry into World War II.

The photographs were assembled from many sources by George R. Leighton with the assistance of Anita Brenner and others. Many of the prints were cleaned and rephotographed by the distinguished photographer Walker Evans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy is "Third Paperback Printing 1993".

ISBN:

0292790244

OCLC:

158552