The Mexican Revolution: A Short History, 1910-1920

by Stuart Easterling

Overview

“An excellent account and analysis of the Mexican Revolution, its background, its course, and its legacy . . . an important contribution [and] a must read!” (Samuel Farber, author of Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959).
 
The most significant event in modern Mexican history, the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20 remains a subject of debate and controversy. Why did it happen? What makes it distinctive? Was it even a revolution at all?
 
In The Mexican Revolution, Stuart Easterling offers a concise chronicle of events from the fall of the longstanding Díaz regime to Gen. Obregón’s ascent to the presidency. In a comprehensible style, aimed at students and general readers, Easterling sorts through the revolution’s many internal conflicts, and asks whether or not its leaders achieved their goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608461837
Publisher:	Haymarket Books
Publication date:	02/13/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	178
Sales rank:	794,347
File size:	983 KB

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Setting the stage
Politics and economics before 1910
Campesinos and villages before 1910
Mexican urban labor before 1910
The Revolution: many different pieces in motion

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

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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