Tanalís Padilla

Rural Resistance in the Land of Zapata

The Jaramillista Movement and the Myth of the Pax-Priísta, 1940-1962

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Produktbeschreibung

"A wonderful example of regional history that is embedded in the history of post-World War II Mexico. Students of agrarian movements, contemporary Mexican history, and the grand drama of peasant struggles over land and social justice will find this book obligatory reading."--Barry Carr, author of "Marxism and Communism in Twentieth-Century Mexico"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780822343196
• ISBN-10: 0822343193
• Artikelnr.: 23881038

Autorenporträt

Tanalís Padilla is Assistant Professor of History at Dartmouth College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1. The Ghost of Zapata 26
2. Jaramillo, Cárdenas, and the Emiliano Zapata Cooperative 55
3. The Agrarista Tradition 85
4. "Like Juárez, with Our Offices on the Run" 108
5. "They Made Him into a Rebel" 139
6. Gender, Community, and Struggle 161
7. Judas's Embrace 184
Conclusion: The Jaramillista Legacy 211
Notes 225
Bibliography 263
Index 279