State Governors in the Mexican Revolution, 1910 1952: Portraits in Conflict, Courage, and Corruption (Latin American Silhouettes) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742557693 ISBN 13: 9780742557697

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009

Synopsis

This unique volume examines revolutionary Mexico's state governors-the most significant intermediaries between the national government and the people it ruled. Leading scholars study governors from ten different states of Mexico during the eventful first half of the twentieth century to demonstrate the diversity of the governors' experiences over time, as well as the waxing and waning of strong governorship as an institution that disappeared in the powerful national regime created in the 1940s and 1950s. The only book that considers the state governors in comparative perspective, this invaluable study offers a fresh view of regionalism and the Revolution.

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Review:

Buchenau and Beezley have assembled the ideal mix of veteran and emerging scholars to reassess the pivotal role that state governors and local powerholders played during the Mexican revolution and the regime that consolidated it. Drawing upon national and regional archives and informed by recent advances in social history, gender analysis, and studies in state formation, these succinct essays provide a more nuanced and textured account of Mexico's transition from the caudillo and cacique politics of the 1910s and 1920s to the more centralized, corporatist state that began to emerge in the 1930s. This collection deserves a place in both the classroom and professional libraries.--Gilbert M. Joseph, Yale University

This is a concise, valuable anthology. . . . A lively and useful introduction.--The Historian

With its well-conceived chronological coverage, it would be useful in undergraduate courses. Specialists in modern Mexican history should take note as well.--The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History

Overall, the book offers sufficient new scholarship and new approaches to post-revolutionary politics to make it a welcome addition to most professional Mexicanists' shelves. The brevity and clarity of most chapters make it useful for undergraduate classes as well.-- (08/01/2011)

About the Author:

Jurgen Buchenau is professor of history and director of Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. William H. Beezley is professor of history at the University of Arizona.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0742557693
• ISBN 13: 9780742557697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 220
• Editor: Buchenau Jürgen, Beezley William H.