Joseph Justin Castro

Apostle of Progress

Modesto C. Rolland, Global Progressivism, and the Engineering of Revolutionary Mexico

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the life of Modesto C. Rolland, a revolutionary propagandist and a prominent figure in the development of Mexico, to gain a better understanding of the role engineers played in creating revolution-era policies and the reconstruction of the Mexican nation. In the telling of Rolland's story, Castro offers a captivating account of the Mexican Revolution.

Produktdetails

• The Mexican Experience
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 230mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781496211743
• ISBN-10: 149621174X
• Artikelnr.: 51989838

Autorenporträt

J. Justin Castro is an associate professor of history at Arkansas State University. He is the author of Radio in Revolution: Wireless Technology and State Power in Mexico, 1897–1938 (Nebraska, 2016).      

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations    
Acknowledgments    
Introduction: Matters of Perspective    
1. Child of the Porfiriato, Child of the Periphery    
2. The Reluctant Revolutionary    
3. A Mexican Progressive    
4. Back to the Periphery    
5. War and Peace    
6. Transitions    
7. Opportunity, Defeat, and the Death of Virginia Garza de Rolland    
8. A Stadium for Stridentopolis    
9. Mr. Bothersome    
10. The Undersecretary    
11. Going Big    
12. Out of the Ports and into the Hills    
Conclusion: Final Thoughts about Modesto Rolland’s Life and Legacy    
Notes    
Bibliography    
Index