The Great Rebellion: Mexico 1905-1924 (Revolutions in the Modern World) - Softcover

Ruíz, Ramón Eduardo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393951294 ISBN 13: 9780393951295

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1983

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Book by Ruz Ramn Eduardo

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Reseña del editor:

It is widely held that the struggle to overthrow the corrupt regime of Porfirio Diaz fundamentally transformed the structure of Mexican society, bringing social justice for downtrodden peasants and workers. Ramon Eduardo Ruiz refutes the traditional view. Drawing on numerous archival sources, he carefully examines the economic consequences of the Diaz regime and traces the growth of widespread social discontent. He describes the backgrounds and professed aims of the Revolution's colorful leaders-Madero, Venustiano Carranza, Pancho Villa, Alvaro Obregon, and Emiliano Zapata-and then sets out to discover what, behind the superficial paper changes and the rhetoric, they actually did. He concludes that the so-called Revolution was led by elements of the dissatisfied middle class whose goals were narrow and bourgeois in character. Despite important paper reforms, many of the old political, economic, and social injustices and inequalities survived.

Biografía del autor:

Ramon Eduardo Ruiz is a professor in the history department at the University of California San Diego at La Jolla.

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• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0393951294
• ISBN 13: 9780393951295
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544