Alan Knight (Ox Professor Emeritus of the History of Latin America

The Mexican Revolution: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

The Mexican Revolution was a 'great' revolution, decisive for Mexico, important within Latin America, and comparable to the other major revolutions of modern history. Alan Knight offers a succinct account of the period, from the initial uprising against Porfirio DÃ az and the ensuing decade of civil war, to the enduring legacy of the Revolution.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9780198745631
• ISBN-10: 019874563X
• Artikelnr.: 42967510

Autorenporträt

Alan Knight is Professor Emeritus of the History of Latin America at Oxford University. His work focuses on twentieth-century Mexico, but also ranges into earlier periods of Mexican history, as well as broader modern Latin American history. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a Leverhulme Research Reader, and a Fellow of the British Academy and, in 2010, he was awarded the Aztec Eagle by the Mexcan government. Previous books include The Mexican Revolution: Porfirians, Liberals and Peasants (CUP, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: The old regime and the causes of the revolution (1876-1910)
3: The Madero revolt and regime (1910-11)
4: Counter-revolution and constitutionalism (1913-14)
5: The revolution in power (1914-20)
6: The institutional revolution: the Sonoran Dynasty (1920-34)
7: The Depression, Cárdenas and after (1930 -)