Mexico's once and future revolution : social upheaval and the challenge of rule since the late nineteenth century / Gilbert M. Joseph and Jürgen Buchenau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joseph, G. M. (Gilbert Michael), 1947-

Contributor:

Buchenau, Jürgen, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and government.

History.

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.

Mexico.

Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920--Influence.

Mexico--Politics and government--20th century.

Mexico--Politics and government--21st century.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.

Summary:

In this concise historical analysis of the Mexican Revolution, Gilbert M. Joseph and Jürgen Buchenau explore the revolution's causes, dynamics, consequences, and legacies. They do so from varied perspectives, including those of campesinos and workers; politicians, artists, intellectuals, and students; women and men; the well-heeled, the dispossessed, and the multitude in the middle. In the process, they engage major questions about the revolution. How did the revolutionary process and its aftermath modernize the nation's economy and political system and transform the lives of ordinary Mexicans? Rather than conceiving the revolution as either the culminating popular struggle of Mexico's history or the triumph of a new (not so revolutionary) state over the people, Joseph and Buchenau examine the textured process through which state and society shaped each other. The result is a lively history of Mexico's "long twentieth century," from Porfirio Díaz's modernizing dictatorship to the neoliberalism of the present day. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : revolution and the negotiation of rule in modern Mexico

Porfirian modernization and its costs

The revolution comes (and goes), 1910-1913

The violent climax of the revolution, 1913-1920

Forging and contesting a new nation, 1920-1932

Resurrecting and incorporating the revolution, 1932-1940

The perfect dictatorship, 1940-1968

The embers of revolution, 1968-2000

Conclusions: a revolution with legs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822355175

0822355175

9780822355328

0822355329

OCLC:

830992773