Álvaro Obregón

Author : Linda Biesele Hall
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 089096971X

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Álvaro Obregón by Linda Biesele Hall Pdf

The Mexican Revolution produced some romantic and heroic figures. In Mexico at the time, however, one man loomed large as the embodiment of revolutionary goals and the one leader able to take the country from strife into peace. That man was Alvaro Obregón. Less well-known to North Americans than his contemporaries and sometime allies Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa, Obregón eventually formed the first stable government of post-revolutionary Mexico. Stories of his daring and near-invincibility abounded as he led revolutionary forces against the usurper Huerta, then against the "bandit" elements within the Revolution itself. Throughout the period of fighting, however, Obregón was shrewdly building coalitions of support and espousing concrete programs that would allow him to institutionalize power when the fighting ended. This political and social study of Obregón's rise to power, based on extensive archival research and interviews with revolutionary participants, provides an important perspective not only on the Revolution itself but also on its consolidation in the hands of an extraordinary leader. Students of Mexican history will find the book indispensable; others will find it a fascinating story of a man, a people, and how they lay the bases of peace in the midst of war.

Author : Richard H. Dillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Mexico
ISBN : UCAL:C2876399

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The Rise of Alvaro Obregón by Richard H. Dillon Pdf

Author : Joseph Allen Stout
Publisher : TCU Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Mexico
ISBN : 087565200X

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Border Conflict by Joseph Allen Stout Pdf

Using primary Mexican sources, Joseph A. Stout Jr. takes a new look at the Mexican-American border conflicts of 1915 through 1920. Stout explores Mexico's difficult revolutionary period and its clashes with the United States as seen through the eyes of Mexican soldiers and statesmen. Border Conflict chronicles the activities of Venustiano Carranza's Constitutionalist army and presents original insights from Mexican correspondence, telegrams, and military documents. In the examination of the events along the border, the book includes the invasion of Mexico by the United States Punitive Expedition. The Punitive Expedition, under command of General John J. Pershing, further complicated the volatile situation on the northern frontier of Mexico and led to diplomatic tensions and the threat of war. The military education and leadership tactics of both armies are examined and compared. The struggles of the armies are presented in vivid detail by including a rich array of quotes from soldiers involved in the conflicts. Pancho Villa became an elusive target for both the Carrancistas and for the U.S. troops. Border Conflict provides a background on Villa and his relationship with the United States, the Constitutionalist government and the Mexican Revolution. The author argues that Carranza and the Constitutionalist army were dedicated to Villa's destruction, despite the contrary beliefs of American President Woodrow Wilson and his staff and generals. Based on his interpretation of military correspondence between Carranza and his commanders, Stout believes that Carranza considered Villa a more dangerous military problem than the presence of U.S. troops in Mexico. Pancho Villa was ". . . not over five feet ten, with the chest and shoulders of a prize fighter and the most perfect bullet-shaped head . . . covered with black hair. . . . A small black mustache serves to mask a mouth which is cruel even when it is smiling. The most attractive feature of the face is the eyes . . . they are really not eyes at all, but gimlets which seem to bore into your very soul."--New York Times, 1914 This fresh examination of the historical clashes at the border adds a new perspective to an old tale.

Author : Friedrich Katz
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0804730466

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The Life and Times of Pancho Villa by Friedrich Katz Pdf

Based on archival research, this study of Pancho Villa aims to separate myth from history. It looks at Villa's early life as an outlaw and his emergence as a national leader, and at the special considerations that transformed the state of Chihuahua into a leading centre of revolution.

Author : Jürgen Buchenau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405199032

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The Last Caudillo by Jürgen Buchenau Pdf

The Last Caudillo presents a brief biography of the life and times of General Alvaro Obregón, along with new insights into the Mexican Revolution and authoritarian rule in Latin America. Features a succinct biography of the life and times of a fascinating figure in Mexico's revolutionary past Represents the most analytical and up-to-date study of caudillo/military strongman rule Sheds new light on the networks and discourse practices that support rulers such as the Castros in Cuba and Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and the emergence of modern Mexico Offers new insights into the role of leadership, the nature of revolution, and the complex forces that helped shape modern Mexico

Author : Linda Biesele Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Alien labor, Mexican
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173026918550

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Alvaro Obregón and Mexican Migrant Labor to the United States, 1920-1924 by Linda Biesele Hall Pdf

Author : John Lear
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803229364

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Workers, Neighbors, and Citizens by John Lear Pdf

Workers, Neighbors, and Citizens examines the mobilization of workers and the urban poor in Mexico City from the eve of the 1910 revolution through the early 1920s, producing for the first time a nuanced illumination of groups that have long been discounted by historians. John Lear addresses a basic paradox: During one of the great social upheavals of the twentieth century, urban workers and masses had a limited military role, yet they emerged from the revolution with considerable combativeness and a new significance in the power structure. ø Lear identifies a significant and largely underestimated tradition of resistance and independent organization among working people that resulted in part from the changes in the structure of class and community in Mexico City during the last decades of Porfirio Diaz's rule (1876?1910). This tradition of resistance helped to join skilled workers and the urban poor as they embraced organizational opportunities and faced crises in wages and access to food and housing as the revolution escalated. Emblematic of these ties was the role of women in political agitation, street mobilizations, strikes, and riots. Lear suggests that the prominence of labor after the revolution was neither a product of opportunism nor one of revolutionary consciousness, but rather the result of the ongoing organizational efforts and cultural transformations of working people that coincided with the revolution.

Author : Linda Biesele Hall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Mexico
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173017247862

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Álvaro Obregón and the Mexican Revolution 1912-1920 by Linda Biesele Hall Pdf

Author : Jürgen Buchenau
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9781496236135

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The Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico by Jürgen Buchenau Pdf

Jürgen Buchenau tells the story of the Sonoran dynasty in the Mexican Revolution. Between 1920 and 1934 the governments over which they ruled helped determine how far the revolution would go in implementing a nationalist and anticlerical constitution, and they also created the political blueprint for postrevolutionary Mexico.

Author : Samuel Brunk
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292717800

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The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata by Samuel Brunk Pdf

Before there was Che Guevara, there was Emiliano Zapata, the charismatic revolutionary who left indelible marks on Mexican politics and society. The sequel to Samuel Brunk's 1995 biography of Zapata, The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata traces the power and impact of this ubiquitous, immortalized figure. Mining the massive extant literature on Zapata, supplemented by archival documents and historical newspaper accounts, Brunk explores frameworks of myth and commemoration while responding to key questions regarding the regime that emerged from the Zapatista movement, including whether it was spawned by a genuinely "popular" revolution. Blending a sophisticated analysis of hegemonic systems and nationalism with lively, accessible accounts of ways in which the rebel is continually resurrected decades after his death in a 1919 ambush, Brunk delves into a rich realm of artistic, geographical, militaristic, and ultimately all-encompassing applications of this charismatic icon. Examining all perspectives, from politicized commemorations of Zapata's death to popular stories and corridos, The Posthumous Career of Emiliano Zapata is an eloquent, engaging portrait of a legend incarnate.

Author : Hongchao Dai,Hung-chao Tai
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520023374

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Land Reform and Politics by Hongchao Dai,Hung-chao Tai Pdf

Monograph comprising a comparison of the relationship between politics and land reform movements in eight developing countries - examines problems of land tenure changes, land settlement, agricultural cooperatives, peasant movements, social conflict, political participation, political leadership, etc. In Colombia, India, Iran, Islamic Republic, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, China and Egypt. References and statistical tables.

Author : F. Arturo Rosales
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292774636

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Pobre Raza! by F. Arturo Rosales Pdf

Fleeing the social and political turmoil spawned by the Mexican Revolution, massive numbers of Mexican immigrants entered the southwestern United States in the early decades of the twentieth century. But instead of finding refuge, many encountered harsh, anti-Mexican attitudes and violence from an Anglo population frightened by the influx of foreigners and angered by anti-American sentiments in Mexico. This book examines the response of Mexican immigrants to Anglo American prejudice and violence early in the twentieth century. Drawing on archival sources from both sides of the border, Arturo Rosales traces the rise of "México Lindo" nationalism and the efforts of Mexican consuls to help poor Mexican immigrants defend themselves against abuses and flagrant civil rights violations by Anglo citizens, police, and the U.S. judicial system. This research illuminates a dark era in which civilian and police brutality, prejudice in the courtroom, and disproportionate arrest, conviction, and capital punishment rates too often characterized justice for Mexican Americans.

Author : William H. Beezley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 0842027114

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Latin American Popular Culture by William H. Beezley Pdf

Latin American Popular Culture: An Introduction is a collection of articles that explores a wide range of compelling cultural subjects in the region, including carnival, romance, funerals, medicine, monuments and dance, among others. The introduction lays out the most important theoretical approaches to the culture of Latin America, and the chapters serve as illustrative case studies. Featuring the latest scholarship in cultural history most of the chapters have not previously been published Latin American Popular Culture is an important resource for courses in Latin American history, civilization, popular culture, and anthropology.

Author : Luis G. Cueva
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Agricultural systems
ISBN : 9781477155769

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Forsaken Harvest by Luis G. Cueva Pdf

This historical monograph examines the decline of the hacienda estates within Jalisco, Mexico during the early decades of the 20th century. The book also explores the impact of the land reform program of President Lazaro Cardenas in transforming the agrarian economic structure of the region. This study contributes to an ongoing lively debate about the hacienda system and the meaning of the Cardenas reforms. This is an important work because it explores the evolution of a regional socio-economic system that promoted urban industrial growth at the expense of the rural poor. The model of regional development described is applicable to other areas of Mexico and underdeveloped Third World nations with extensive peasant populations. The research for this investigation has wider implications regarding issues of global hunger and malnutrition.

Author : Alexander A. Dunlap
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786610676

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Renewing Destruction by Alexander A. Dunlap Pdf

Renewing Destruction examines how wind energy projects impact people and their environments. Wind energy development, in Mexico and most countries, fall into a ‘roll out’ neoliberal strategy that is justified by climate change mitigation programs that are continuing a process of land and wind resources grabbing for profit. The result has been an exaggeration of pre-existing problems in communities around land, income-inequality, local politics and, contrary to public relations stories, is devastating traditional livelihoods and socio-ecological relationships. Exacerbating pre-existing social and material problems in surrounding towns, wind energy development is placing greater stress on semi-subsistence communities, marginalizing Indigenous traditions and indirectly resulting in the displacement and migration of people into urban centers. Based on intensive fieldwork with local groups in Oaxaca, Mexico, this book provides an in-depth study, demonstrating the complications and problems that emerge with the current regime of ‘sustainable development’ and wind energy projects in Mexico, which has wider lessons to be drawn for other regions and countries. Put simply, the book reveals a tragic reality that calls into question the marketed hopes of the green economy and the current method of climate change mitigation. It shows the variegated impacts and issues associated with building wind energy parks, which extends to recognizing the destructive effects on Indigenous cultures and practices in the region. The book, however, highlights what to consider or, more importantly, what to avoid if one is working with industrial-scale wind energy systems.