Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution / Jurgen Buchenau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buchenau, Jürgen, 1964- author.

Series:

Latin American Silhouettes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calles, Plutarco Elías, 1877-1945.

Calles, Plutarco Elías.

Presidents--Mexico--Biography.

Presidents.

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

Mexico.

Mexico--Politics and government--1910-1946.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The only substantive study of Plutarco Elías Calles and the Mexican Revolution, this book traces the remarkable life story of a complex and little-understood, yet key figure in Mexico's history. Jürgen Buchenau draws on a rich array of archival evidence from Mexico, the United States, and Europe to explore Calles's origins and political trajectory, ultimately leading to his reformist, yet authoritarian presidency from 1924 to 1928. After his term as president, Calles continued to exert broad influence as his country's foremost political figure; indeed, many of the institutions and laws forged

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Glossary and Abbreviations; Illustrations and Tables; Photographs; Maps; Tables; Chronology; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE A Life Adrift; Background and Beginnings; Trial and Error in the Porfiriato; Calles and the Coming of the Revolution; CHAPTER TWO Seeking Order in Chaos; Cacique of Agua Prieta; Military Commander in the Constitutionalist Revolution; The Battle for Sonora; CHAPTER THREE Strongman of Sonora; "Land and Books for All"; The Sonoran Maximato; Constitutional Governor; CHAPTER FOUR In the Shadow of the Caudillo; The Revolution Devours Its Own

Politics and Kinship in the Sonoran TriangleTo Be President at Any Cost; CHAPTER FIVE El Señor Presidente; The Reform Program; Repression and Crisis; The Return of the Caudillo; CHAPTER SIX Jefe Máximo of the Revolution; Calles and the Beginnings of the PNR; The Heyday of the Maximato; The Maximato in Crisis; CHAPTER SEVEN In the Twilight; The Break with Cárdenas; Hotel California; The Quick and the Dead; Epilogue; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Notes to Introduction; Notes to Chapter One; Notes to Chapter Two; Notes to Chapter Three; Notes to Chapter Four; Notes to Chapter Five

Notes to Chapter SixNotes to Chapter Seven; Notes to the Epilogue; Bibliography; Archives; Interviews; Newspapers; Published Primary Sources; Secondary Literature; Sources on the Web; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-24287-1

1-4616-4095-4

OCLC:

861538222