"Both a biography of the Mexican reformer and a study of the events that shaped the Mexican-U.S. border, Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal examines the challenges faced by Carvajal during the turbulent decades of the early to mid-nineteenth century." "Carvajal, whose career stretched…
"Both a biography of the Mexican reformer and a study of the events that shaped the Mexican-U.S. border, Jose Maria de Jesus Carvajal examines the challenges faced by Carvajal during the turbulent decades of the early to mid-nineteenth century." "Carvajal, whose career stretched…
The Mexican Revolution was spearheaded by an upper- and middle-class revolt against the increasingly stultifying dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, and fueled by popular discontent in the countryside over the disruption caused by the rapid expansion of large-scale commercial agricul…
"Henck explores Marcos's considerable accomplishments in four main fields: his role as spokesperson for the Zapatistas; his contribution to Latin American literature and a new political language for the Left; his work in making Mexico a more democratic, inclusive, and just natio…
For over two decades now Subcommander Marcos has acted as military leader and spokesperson of Mexico's Zapatista movement. In the process of doing so he has also become a key figure in the anti-capitalist and anti-globalization movements. There has been little attempt however to…