The Mexican Revolution : A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Wasserman, Mark

Bedford/st Martins（2012/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 169 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780312535049
• DDC分類 900

Full Description

During the Mexican Revolution a remarkable alliance of peasants, working and middle classes, and elites banded together to end General Porfirio Diaz's thirty-five year rule as dictator-president and created a radical new constitution that demanded education for all children, redistributed land and water resources, and established progressive labour laws.In this collection, Mark Wasserman examines the causes, conduct, and consequences of the revolution and carefully untangles the shifting alliances of the participants. In his introduction Wasserman outlines the context for the revolution, rebels' differing goals for land redistribution, and the resulting battles between rebel leaders and their generals. He also examines daily life and the conduct of the revolution, as well as its national and international legacy.The accompanying selected sources offer insight into the reasons for fighting, the politics behind the war, and the revolution's international legacy.

Contents

PART IMEXICAN REVOLUTION.- The Background of the Revolution.- The Origins of the RevolutionVictory, Counterrevolution, and Civil War.- The Hard Life of the Revolution.- The Results of the Revolution.- International Ramifications.- Conclusion.- PART II: THE DOCUMENTS.- The Causes of the Revolution.- At War.- The Lives of Soldiers.- The Lives of Civilians.- Revolutionary Politics.- The Revolution's Achievements.- International Ramifications.