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For Christ and country : militant Catholic youth in post-revolutionary Mexico / Robert Weis.
Van Pelt Library BX1428.3 .W45 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weis, Robert, 1971- editor.
- Series:
- Cambridge Latin American studies ; 115.
- Cambridge Latin American studies ; volume 115
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obregón, Álvaro, 1880-1928.
- Catholic Church--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Catholic Church.
- León Toral, José de, 1901-1929.
- León Toral, José de.
- Obregón, Álvaro, 1880-1928--Assassination.
- Obregón, Álvaro.
- Catholic youth--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Catholic youth.
- Church and state--Mexico--History--20th century.
- Church and state.
- History.
- Assassination.
- Mexico.
- Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 200 pages : portraits ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Militant Catholic youth in post-revolutionary Mexico
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "José de León Toral hiked up Chiquihuite Hill near the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City in June 1928. He placed a newspaper against a ridge and stepped back fifteen paces. Aiming the revolver borrowed from a friend from prayer circle, he shot six bullets. Not one hit the newspaper. He reloaded, took five steps forward, and shot again: nothing. He got closer still. Five paces from the paper, he emptied the revolver. All shots missed. The young Catholic activist who killed revolutionary caudillo Álvaro Obregón a week later could not have hit the side of a barn. Religious militancy was not new. The Cristero Rebellion had been roiling the countryside since the enforcement of anticlerical laws began two years before. But fighting was far from the urban, middle class world of a church mouse like José. Even those close to him wondered, why did he kill Obregón?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Catholics and anticlericals: from Reforma to revolution
- The enforcement of anticlericalism
- Sugar Catholics
- Imprudent youth
- Martyrdom
- Trial.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781108493024
- 1108493025
- OCLC:
- 1089276699
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