The Mexican Revolution: A Short History 1910-1920

by Stuart Easterling

Overview

Long after its outbreak, the revolution remains the defining moment in Mexico’s modern history. Yet the debate over its legacy continues to this day. In a comprehensible style, aimed at students and general readers, The Mexican Revolution recounts the revolution’s main events, sorts through its internal conflicts, and asks whether or not its leaders achieved their goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608461820
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	02/05/2013
Pages:	180
Sales rank:	969,741
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 5.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Stuart Easterling is a Ph.D. candidate in Mexican History at the University of Chicago.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

II. 1910-1914
The spark: Madero’s presidential campaign
The unexpected blaze
The Zapatista tiger is loose
Madero: “Liberty will give you bread”
The thug they had hoped for
The rise of Carranza and the Constitutionalists
Pacho Villa: From bandit to hero

III. 1914-1920
The roots of the great revolutionary split
Nationalism and provincialism in the revolutionary camps
Villa and Zapata in Mexico City
General Obregón and the Mexican labor movement
The Constitutionalists prevail over Villa
Carranza in power, and the “Jacobin” response
Conclusion

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The Mexican Revolution: A Short History is an excellent account and analysis of the Mexican Revolution, its background, its course, and its legacy. Erudite and theoretically sophisticated, yet broadly accessible and completely jargon free, this study combines qualities not usually found in a single volume. Stuart Easterling has made an important contribution to the study of revolutions. A must read!”
—Samuel Farber, author, Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment

“The Mexican Revolution is a powerful work of historical synthesis. Slicing to the foundational bones of the revolution’s dramatic arc, Easterling’s precise, surgical narrative offers a remarkably clear rendering of the conflicting class forces at play and the historical personalities brought to life through their encounter. Backdrops of uneven capitalist development and complex configurations of political authority, power, and abuse are overlaid with vivid portraits of the epoch’s leading figures – Villa, Zapata, Obregón, and Carranza.”
—Jeffery R. Webber, Queen Mary, University of London, author, From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia.

Editorial Reviews

“The Mexican Revolution: A Short History is an excellent account and analysis of the Mexican Revolution, its background, its course, and its legacy. Erudite and theoretically sophisticated, yet broadly accessible and completely jargon free, this study combines qualities not usually found in a single volume. Stuart Easterling has made an important contribution to the study of revolutions. A must read!”
—Samuel Farber, author, Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment

“The Mexican Revolution is a powerful work of historical synthesis. Slicing to the foundational bones of the revolution’s dramatic arc, Easterling’s precise, surgical narrative offers a remarkably clear rendering of the conflicting class forces at play and the historical personalities brought to life through their encounter. Backdrops of uneven capitalist development and complex configurations of political authority, power, and abuse are overlaid with vivid portraits of the epoch’s leading figures – Villa, Zapata, Obregón, and Carranza.”
—Jeffery R. Webber, Queen Mary, University of London, author, From Rebellion to Reform in Bolivia.

From the Publisher