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Orozco : the life and death of a Mexican revolutionary / Raymond Caballero.
Van Pelt Library F1234.O73 C37 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caballero, Raymond, 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orozco, Pascual, 1882-1915.
- Orozco, Pascual.
- Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920.
- Mexico.
- History.
- Revolutionaries--Mexico--Biography.
- Revolutionaries.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 343 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Life and death of a Mexican revolutionary
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "This biography reexamines the life of Pascual Orozco, a controversial figure of the Mexican Revolution, and addresses the question of whether Orozco was a principled reformer and heroic military leader or was instead an ambitious traitor who readily joined the hated reactionary assassin and dictator Victoriano Huerta."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I Northwest Chihuahua
- 1 The Colonial Era in Northwest Chihuahua 13
- 2 Mexican Independence and Chaos 20
- 3 Benito Juárez and the Reform Era 24
- 4 Porfiriato Governance 27
- 5 Porfiriato Economic Policies 34
- 6 Terrazas and Creel, Premier Chihuahua Oligarchs 43
- Part II The Revolution
- 7 Diaz Opposition Forms: The Liberal Party and Madero 57
- 8 Namiquipa and Northwest Chihuahua 62
- 9 The Orozco Family, Chihuahua Protestants 67
- 10 The Short 1910 Campaign and a Call to Revolt 70
- 11 Chihuahua on the Eve of Revolution 73
- 12 Orozco and Joaquin Chávez 75
- 13 The Start of the Mexican Revolution 79
- 14 Orozco Heads to Ciudad Juárez 84
- 15 New York Peace Talks 87
- 16 The Road to Ciudad Juárez 97
- 17 The Battle of Ciudad Juárez 106
- 18 A Spoiled Victory Celebration 111
- 19 The Treaty of Ciudad Juárez and Its Aftermath 120
- Part III Orozco's Rebellions and Death
- 20 Elections and Discord 129
- 21 Run-Up to Orozco's Rebellion 136
- 22 Orozco's Colorado Rebellion 145
- 23 Orozco's Decline 154
- 24 The End of Orozco's Rebellion 162
- 25 Fall Committee Hearings 170
- 26 La Decena Tragica 174
- 27 A New Huerta Plot 185
- 28 The Death of Pascual Orozco 190
- 29 Controversy over Orozco's Death 196
- 30 The Lynching of Pascual Orozco 203.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806157559
- 0806157550
- OCLC:
- 971021049
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