Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution
Title | Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Frazer Ph.D. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 449 |
Release | 2009-11-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A unique compilation of diverse sources, many in English translation for the first time, this book documents the Mexican Revolution, explains its popular and agrarian nature, and helps to clarify its often perplexing conflicts, alliances, and issues. Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution: Fighting Words lets readers see this watershed moment in Mexican history in a new light, through the eyes of people who actually experienced it. This annotated collection of brief primary sources—from Mexican and U.S. government documents, novels, news articles, ballads, travel accounts and memoirs, manifestos, correspondence, and graphic arts—brings together a wide range of contrasting opinions on the revolution's pivotal moments and controversies. From the beginnings of social unrest in the 1890s to the war's conclusion in 1923, readers can assess debates between factions, follow key individuals and military/political movements, evaluate the motives of participants, explore U.S.-Mexican relations, and gauge the war's impact across the full spectrum of Mexican society, including women and the peasant and working classes.
Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution
Title | Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Chris Frazer Ph.D. |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2009-11-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0313385130 |
A unique compilation of diverse sources, many in English translation for the first time, this book documents the Mexican Revolution, explains its popular and agrarian nature, and helps to clarify its often perplexing conflicts, alliances, and issues. Competing Voices from the Mexican Revolution: Fighting Words lets readers see this watershed moment in Mexican history in a new light, through the eyes of people who actually experienced it. This annotated collection of brief primary sources—from Mexican and U.S. government documents, novels, news articles, ballads, travel accounts and memoirs, manifestos, correspondence, and graphic arts—brings together a wide range of contrasting opinions on the revolution's pivotal moments and controversies. From the beginnings of social unrest in the 1890s to the war's conclusion in 1923, readers can assess debates between factions, follow key individuals and military/political movements, evaluate the motives of participants, explore U.S.-Mexican relations, and gauge the war's impact across the full spectrum of Mexican society, including women and the peasant and working classes.
An American Family in the Mexican Revolution
Title | An American Family in the Mexican Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Woodmansee Herr |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780842027243 |
This memoir details the experiences of an American family cuaght in Revolutionary Mexico. Based on personal documents written by Richard Herr's older brother, the manuscript covers a critical period in Mexican history, beginning during the Porfiriato and continuing through the 1920s.
Intellectual Precursors of the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1913
Title | Intellectual Precursors of the Mexican Revolution, 1900-1913 PDF eBook |
Author | James D. Cockcroft |
Publisher | |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Intellectuals |
ISBN |
Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946
Title | Mexicans in Revolution, 1910-1946 PDF eBook |
Author | William H. Beezley |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2009-06-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0803224478 |
Recounts the events surrounding the Mexican Revolution, covering key moments, conflicts, and developments from 1910 to 1920 and explaining how Mexicans fought for social and economic justice while shaping modern Mexico.
Fragments of the Mexican Revolution
Title | Fragments of the Mexican Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Oscar Jáquez Martínez |
Publisher | |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Villa
Title | Villa PDF eBook |
Author | Robert L. Scheina |
Publisher | Potomac Books, Inc. |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1574885138 |
Analyzes the raucous career of one of the Mexican Revolution's central figures