Zapata and the Mexican Revolution

by Womack, John,, Jr

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Full title :Zapata and the Mexican Revolution / John Womack, Jr.

Summary

Zapata and the Mexican Revolution John Womack, Jr. ". . . It is certainly the definitive study of Emiliano Zapata, and it places him in his proper context." 'Frank Jellinek, The New York Times Book Review "A feat of historical writing ... Womack has an uncanny feeling for the infinitely complex strains of Mexico as a civilization ... Because he understands that historical progression is inseparable from cultural roots, he understands Zapatismo as the history, not of exotic 'peasants, ' but of ... people from the fields who did not, in the larger sense of the term, feel culturally deprived but, rather, were conscious that a social and political opportunity was given them to realize, in actuality, the latent promises of their local culture." 'Carlos Fuentes, The New York Review of Books "The best piece of narrative history that has been written about modern Latin America in any language. In addition, it conveys an understanding of peasant revolutions that will be of great value to students of other areas beside Latin America." 'Ernest R. May

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1968

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Vintage Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1968

Notes

Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1969

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : maps

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780307803320, 0307803325
oclc:ocn757829197
LC Classification:F1234
Dewey Decimal:972.08/1092

Prologue: a people chooses a leader -- President Diaz elects a governor -- The planters progress -- The villagers join Madero -- The army campaigns -- The official revolutionaries perform -- Refugees win a war -- The countrymen disavow the constitutionalists -- The pueblos carry out a revolution -- The guerrilleros survive -- The resistance reforms -- The Zapatistas inherit Morelos -- Epilogue: a people keeps faith

Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical History HISTORY -- Latin America Mexico Mexico -- History -- 1910-1946 Mexique -- Histoire -- 1910-1946 Zapata, Emiliano